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amending Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs
duty
(OJ L 46, 18.2.1994, p. 5)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COUNCILREGULATION(EC)No355/94
of14February1994
amending Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community
systemofreliefs fromcustomsduty
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, andin particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(
1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(3),
Whereas Article 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83(4), provides that
goods contained in the personal luggage of travellers coming from a
third country shall be admitted free of import duties, provided suchimports are of a non-commercial nature;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/
83, the total value of goods admissible free of import duties may notexceed ECU 45 per traveller; whereas, in accordance with the secondsubparagraphof Article 47, Member States may reduce th is amount to
ECU 23 for travellers under 15 years of age;
Whereas account must be taken of measures in favour of travellers
recommended by specialized international organizations, in particular
the measures contained in Annex F (3) to the International Conventionon the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures;
Whereas those objectives could be attained by increasing the reliefs;
Whereas it is necessary to provide, for a limited period, a derogation
for Germany taking into account the economic difficulties likely to be
caused by the amount of the reliefs, particularly as regards travellersentering the territory of that Member State by land frontiers linkingGermany to third countries other than EFTA member countries or bycoastal shipping routes from the said countries;
Whereas there are special links between continental Spain and Ceuta
and Melilla,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 47 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 47
The relief referred to in Article 45 shall be granted up to a total
value of ECU 175 per traveller to goods other than those listed in
Article 46.
However, Member States may reduce this amount to ECU 90 for
travellers under 15 years of age.’;
2. the following Article shall be inserted:
‘Article 47a
1. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article
47, Spain is hereby authorized to apply, until 31 December 2000, a1994R0355 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 254, 11. 10. 1986, p. 7.
(2) OJ No C 13, 18. 1. 1988, p. 173.
(3) OJ No C 105, 24. 4. 1987, p. 4.
(4) OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3357/91 (OJ No L 318, 20. 11. 1991, p. 3).
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relief of ECU 600 for imports of the goods in question from Ceuta
and Melilla entering customs territory as defined withregard toSpain in the fourth indent of Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community
Customs Code (
1).
2. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article
47, Spain shall have the option of reducing that relief to ECU 150
for travellers under 15 years of age.
(1) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.’
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1994.
However, with regard to the Federal Republic of Germany and the
Republic of Austria, this Regulation shall apply from 1 January 1998for goods imported by travellers entering German or Austrian territory
by a land frontier linking Germany or Austria to countries other than
Member States and the EFTA members or, where applicable, by meansof coastal navigation coming from the said countries.
However, those Member States shall apply an allowance of not less
than ECU 75 to imports by the travellers referred to in the precedingparagraph from the entry into force of the 1994 Treaty of Accession.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1994R0355 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 3
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