27. 1. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 24/33 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 15 December 1986 amending Directive 83/643/EEC on the facilitation of physical inspections and administrative formalities in respect of the carriage of goods between Member States (87/53/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43, 75, 84 and 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Council Directive 83/643/EEC of 1 December 1983 on the facilitation of physical inspection and admi- nistrative formalities in respect of tahe carriage of goods between Member States (*) contains a series of measures designed to reduce waiting times at the internal frontiers of the Community where the carriage of goods is concerned ; Whereas further progress must be made in the short term so that inspections and formalities in trade between Member States can be facilitated further; whereas the provisions of this Directive must take due account of the objectives pursued and of the results of the activities embarked upon in the context of the realization of the internal market ; Whereas, under the Community transit system in parti- cular, an operator may initiate the transit procedure in the Member State of departure and/or have goods entered for home use or placed under some other customs procedure at a place situated within the Member State of destination () OJ No C 237, 18. 9. 1985, p. 3. 2 O] No C 352, 31. 12. 1985, p. 291. () OJ No C 101, 28. 4. 1986, p. 5. () OJ No L 359, 22. 12. 1983, p. 8. and whereas, in this context, Member States should facili- tate recourse to simplified procedures in appropriate cases ; whereas they should also endeavour to deploy customs offices in such a way as best to take account of the requirements of commercial operators ; Whereas, in order to take account of the special features of air transport, it is necessary to adapt, on the basis of traffi¢ flow and in such a way as to meet actual needs, the business hours of the departments carrying out inspec- tions at airports; Whereas cooperation between the departments carrying out inspections and formalities on either side of each frontier post would help to reduce the waiting times at these frontiers ; Whereas the improvement of the practical arrangements for processing goods and documents would also help to reduce waiting time ; Whereas there should be a procedure for persons involved in trade between Member States enabling them to inform national and Community bodies of any problems encoun- tered in crossing frontiers; Whereas certain work of the inspection services, and in particular that relating to the examination of documents which must be carried, would be facilitated if the authori- ties reponsible for them could delegate powers to one of the other services represented to effect such inspections ; Whereas, in order to facilitate the payment of any sums payable in respect of inspections and formalities, the parties concerned should be afforded the opportunity of using also guaranteed or certified international cheques ;