6. 7. 88 No L 174/1 Official Journal of the European Communities (Acts whose publication-is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1970/88 of 30 June 1988 concerning triangular traffic under the outward processing relief arrangements and the standard exchange system THE ‘COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard -to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2473/86 of 24 July 1986 on outward processing relief arrangements and the standard exchange system, (') and in particular Article 27 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2458/87 (5), which lays down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2473/86, defines triangular traffic as the system under which compensating products are released for free circulation with partial or total relief from import duties in a Member State other than that from which the goods were temporarily exported; whereas- the same arrangements should apply -to the standard exchange system without prior importation ; Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2473/86 provides that compensating products may be declared for free circulation under the outward processing relief arrangements by another person established in the Community provided he has obtained the consent of the holder of the authorization and provided the conditions of the authorization are fulfilled ; whereas it should be established that such consent has been obtained when information sheet INF-2 is applied for; Whereas specific charging rules need to be laid down for triangular traffic ; Whereas the customs authority of the Member State of re-importation must have at its disposal all the information it needs to ensure the smooth operation of the arrangements ; whereas, in particular, it must have at its disposal all the data needed for the granting of partial or total relief from import duties on the compensating or replacement  products;  whereas,  without such information, it would not be possible to ensure that the rules on triangular traffic under the outward processing relief arrangements were applied uniformly; () OJ No L 212, 2. 8. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 230, 17. 8. 1987, p. 1. Whereas an information procedure must be set up linking the customs authorities of the Member States concerned to meet all these requirements ; whereas, to that end, it is - appropriate to set up an information procedure at Community level ; Whereas, in the absence of an opinion of the Committee for Customs Procedures with Economic Impact on the draft- Regulation submitted by the Commission, the Council is required to adopt the necessary: provisions, HAS ADOPTED.THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The customs authority called on to issue the authori- zation . shall permit use of the triangular traffic system either: () in connection with the authorization referred to in Articles 3'or 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2458/87 ; or (b) at the special request of the holder of the authori- zation made after the authorization has been granted but before the compensation or replacement products have been released for free circulation. 2. Use of the triangular traffic system shall not be authorized under the standard exchange system with prior importation. Article 2 1.  Without prejudice to Article 7, where the triangular traffic system is used an information sheet ‘INF-2’ corres- ponding to the model and provisions contained in the Annex shall be used. : 2. Information sheet INF-2 shall comprise one original and one copy. The original and the copy shall be presented together at the customs office where the declaration of entry for the arrangements is, or has been, lodged. 3.  The request for the issue of information sheet INF-2 shall constitute the consent of the holder of the authori- zation referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2473/86.