Preamble
The Contracting Parties,
Desiring to improve the international movement of goods,
Bearing in mind the need to facilitate the passage of goods at frontiers,
Noting that control measures are applied at frontiers by different control services,
Acknowledging that the conditions under which such controls are carried out may be extensively harmonized without impairing their purpose, their proper implementation and their effectiveness,
Convinced that the harmonization of frontier controls constitutes an important means for attaining these objectives,
Have agreed as follows:
