3. Goods, the carriage of which begins in an EFTA country shall be considered as moving under the T 1 procedure. If, however, the goods are to move under the T2 procedure in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (3) (b) on the Convention, the office of departure shall indicate on sheet 3 of the International Consignment Note that the goods to which the document refers are carried under the T 2 procedure; the symbol ‘T 2’ shall accordingly be clearly shown in box 25 together with the stamp of the customs office of departure and the signature of the responsible official. In the case of goods moving under the T 1 procedure the symbol ‘T 1’ need not be entered on the document.
4. All copies of the International Consignment Note shall be returned to the party concerned.
5. Each Member State of the Community may provide that goods moving under the T 2 procedure may, under the conditions and with the exceptions which it or the Community shall lay down, be placed under the T 2 procedure without production at the office of departure of the International Consignment Note in respect of the goods.
Each EFTA country may provide that goods moving under the T 1 procedure be carried under the T 1 procedure without requiring the International Consignment Note to be presented at the office of departure.
6. The customs office for the station of destination shall act as the office of destination. If, however, the goods are entered for home use or placed under some other customs procedure at an intermediate station, the customs office responsible for that station shall act as the office of destination.
Identification measures
Article 36
As a general rule and having regard to identification measures applied by the railway authorities, the office of departure shall not seal the means of transport or the packages.
Use of sheets of the International Consignment Note
Article 37
1. The railway authorities of the country responsible for the office of destination shall forward to the latter sheets 2 and 3 of the International Consignment Note.
2. The office of destination shall forthwith return sheet 2 to the railway authorities after stamping it and shall retain
Carriage of goods to or from third countries
Carriage to third countries
Article 38
1. Articles 35 and 36 shall apply to a carriage operation which starts within the territory of the Contracting Parties and is to end outside the territory of the Contracting Parties.
2. The customs office for the frontier station through which the goods in transit leave the territory of the Contracting Parties shall act as office of destination.
3. No formalities need to be carried out at the office of destination.
Carriage from third countries
Article 39
1. The customs office for the frontier station through which the goods enter the territory of the Contracting Parties shall act as office of departure for a carriage operation which starts outside the territory of the Contracting Parties and is to end within the territory of the Contracting Parties.
No formalities need be carried out at the office of departure.
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