Goods.
2.
Member States shall grant one another freedom of transit through their
territories to goods proceeding to or coming from another Member State in
accordance with the Protocol concerning Intra-Community Transit and
Transit Facilities and in accordance with the provisions of any IntraCommunity Agreements to be concluded.
Article 39
Customs Co-operation and Administration
Member States shall, in accordance with the Protocol concerning Customs Cooperation, take all necessary measures for harmonising and standardising their
customs regulations and procedures in such a manner as shall be appropriate for
ensuring the effective implementation of the provisions of this Chapter and
facilitating the movement of goods and services across their frontiers.
Article 40
Trade Documents and Procedures
For the purpose of facilitating intra-community trade in goods and services,
Member States shall simplify and harmonize their trade documents and procedures
in accordance with the Protocol the concerning Simplification and Harmonisation of
Trade documents and Procedures.
Article 41
Diversion of Trade Arising from Barter or Compensatory Exchange Agreement
1.
If, as a result of a barter or compensatory exchange agreement relating to a
specific category of goods concluded between a Member State or a person of
the said Member Sate, on the one hand, and a third State or person of the
said third State, on the other, there is substantial diversion of trade in favour
of goods imported under such agreement and to the detriment of similar
goods of the same category imported from and manufactured in any other
Member State, the Member State importing such goods shall take effective
steps to correct the diversion.
2.
In order to determine whether a diversion of trade has occurred in a specific
category of goods within the meaning of this Article, consideration shall be
given to all the relevant trade statistics and other data available on such
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