(1) De Gemeenschap is sedert 1974 partij bij de Internationale Overeenkomst inzake de vereenvoudiging en harmonisatie van douaneprocedures (hierna de "overeenkomst" genoemd). ###>(1) The Community has been a Contracting Party to the International Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention", since 1974.