Council Decision (EU) 2017/814 of 12 October 2015 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Chile Association Committee regarding the replacement of Article 12 of Annex III to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part

Article 12 of Title III of Annex III to the Agreement, concerning direct transport, is replaced with the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force 90 days after the day on which the last notification by which the Parties communicate the completion of the necessary domestic legal procedures has been carried out.

Done at …,

For the EU-Chile Association Committee

The President

Annex

ANNEX

Article 12

Direct transport

1. The preferential treatment provided for under this Agreement applies only to products satisfying the requirements of this Annex, which are transported directly between the European Union and Chile. However, products may be transported through other territories with transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territories, provided that they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo operations other than adding or affixing marks, labels, or seals; unloading; reloading; splitting of consignments; or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

1. Compliance with paragraph 1 shall be considered as satisfied unless the customs authorities have reason to believe the contrary. In such cases, the customs authorities may require the importer to provide evidence of compliance, which shall be given by any appropriate means, such as contractual transport documents, for example bills of lading, or factual or concrete evidence based on marking or numbering of packages, or any evidence related to the goods themselves.