ou posto à sua disposição durante um prazo determinado. INFORMAÇÕES RELATIVAS AOS ENTREPOSTOS 28. Norma As autoridades aduaneiras procederão de forma a que qualquer pessoa interessada possa obter sem dificuldade todas as informações úteis relativas ao regime do entreposto aduaneiro. ANNEX INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SIMPLIFICATION AND HARMONIZATION OF CUSTOMS PROCEDURES PREAMBLE The CONTRACTING PARTIES to the present convention, established under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council, NOTING that divergences between national customs procedures can hamper international trade and other international exchanges, CONSIDERING that it is in the interests of all countries to promote such trade and exchanges and to foster international cooperation, CONSIDERING that simplification and harmonization of their customs procedures can effectively contribute to the development of international trade and of other international exchanges, CONVINCED that an international instrument proposing provisions which countries undertake to apply as soon as they are able to do so would lead progressively to a high degree of simplification and harmonization of customs procedures, which is one of the essential aims of the Customs Cooperation Council, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: CHAPTER I Definitions Article 1 For the purposes of this convention: (a) the term "the Council" means the organization set up by the convention establishing a Customs Cooperation Council, done at Brussels on 15 December 1950; (b) the term "Permanent Technical Committee" means the Permanent Technical Committee of the Council; (c) the term "ratification" means ratification, acceptance or approval. CHAPTER II Scope of the convention and structure of the Annexes Article 2 Each Contracting Party undertakes to promote the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures and, to that end, to conform, in accordance with the provisions of this convention, to the standards and recommended practices in the Annexes to this convention. However, nothing shall prevent a Contracting Party from granting facilities greater than those provided for therein, and each Contracting Party is recommended to grant such greater facilities as extensively as possible. Article 3 The provisions of this convention shall not preclude the application of prohibitions or restrictions imposed under national legislation. Article 4 Each Annex to this convention consists, in principle, of: (a) an introduction summarizing the various matters dealt with in the Annex; (b) definitions of the main customs terms used in the Annex; (c) standards, being those provisions the general application of which is recognized as necessary for the achievement of harmonization and simplification of customs procedures; (d) recommended practices, being those provisions which are recognized as constituting progress towards the harmonization and the simplification of customs procedures, the widest possible application of which is considered to be desirable; (e) notes, indicating some of the possible courses of action to be followed in applying the standard or recommended practice concerned. Article 5 1. Any Contracting Party which accepts an Annex shall be deemed to accept all the standards and recommended practices therein unless at the time of accepting the Annex or at any time thereafter it notifies the Secretary-General of the Council of the standard(s) and recommended practice(s) in respect of which it enters reservations, stating the differences existing between the provisions of its national legislation and those of the standard(s) and recommended practice(s) concerned. Any Contracting Party which has entered reservations may withdraw them, in whole or in part, at any time, by notification to the Secretary-General specifying the date on which such withdrawal takes effect. 2. Each Contracting Party bound by an Annex shall, at least once every three years, review the standards and recommended practices therein in respect of which it has entered reservations, compare them with the provisions of its national legislation and notify the Secretary-General of the Council of the results of that review. CHAPTER III Role of Council and of the Permanent Technical Committee Article 6 1. The Council shall, in accordance with the provisions of this convention, supervise the administration and development of this convention. It shall, in particular, decide upon the incorporation of new Annexes in the convention. 2. To these ends the Permanent Technical Committee shall, under the authority of the Council, and in accordance with any directions given by the Council, have the following functions: (a) to prepare new Annexes and to propose to