28. 8. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 249/1 (Acts whose publication is oblitagory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2453/92 of 31 July 1992 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 717/91 concerning the Single Administrative - Document THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 717/91 of 21 March 1991 concerning the Single Administrative Document (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas, for laying down the implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 717/91, the form and technical specifications of the Single Administrative Document forms should be defined, taking into account the international commitments entered into by the Community; Whereas it is necessary to draw up a notice for the use of the Single Administrative Document to ensure its uniform utilization; Whereas some of the particulars in the Single Administrative Document must be shown in code form; whereas it is necessary to lay down common codes for all the Member States; Whereas specific simplification measures should be introduced allowing formalities to be reduced where _operators fulfil certain conditions, in particular where the persons concerned carry out an economic activity requiring frequent declarations to be made out; whereas it is desirable to take into account technical progress enabling the handwritten signature to be replaced by other identification methods offering the same guarantees, notably those based on computerized systems; Whereas this Regulation is intended to replace Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2855/85(2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1159/89 (%), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2793/86 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2215/90 (5); whereas it is therefore necessary to repeal those Regulations; (1) OJ No L 78, 26. 3. 1991, p. 1. (3) O] No L 274, 15. 10. 1985, p. 1. (*) O] No L 119, 29. 4. 1989, p. 100. (*) O] No L 263, 15. 9. 1986, p. 74. (*) OJ No L 202, 31. 7. 1990, p. 16. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Administrative Document Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 This Regulation lays down the implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 717/91, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Basic Regulation’. TITLE I PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE FORMS Characteristics Article 2 1. (a) Without prejudice to Articles 15 and 16 or to the provisions concerning Community transit, the Single Administrative Document, on which the declarations referred to in Article 1 of the Basic Regulation must be drawn up, shall be presented in subsets containing the number of copies needed to complete the formalities relating to a particular stage of a trade operation (export, transit or import), to which the copies needed in order to complete the formalities relating to one or more subsequent stages may be attached where appropriate. (b) The subsets shall be taken from: — either the full set of eight copies, in accordance with the specimen contained in Annex I, — or, particularly in the event of production by means of a computerized system for processing declarations, two successive sets of four copies, in accordance with the specimen contained in Annex II.