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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 
determining the cases and the special conditions under which the temporary importation 
arrangements may be used with total relief from import duties 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ... of ... 
establishing a Community Customs Code ('), (hereinaf­
ter called 'the code"), and in particular Article 139 ther­
eof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission 
a 
Whereas the cases and the special conditions under 
which the temporary importation arrangements may be 
used with total relief from import duties are to be deter­
mined; latter also apply with in the framework of the present 
Regulation; in particular, the procedure of the com­
mittee referred to is the procedure defined in the code; 
Whereas it is appropriate to reproduce the cases and 
the conditions defined in Council Regulations 
— (EEC) No 3599/82 of 21 December 1982 on tem­
porary importation arrangements (3), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1620/85 (4), 
— (EEC) No 1855/89 of 14 June 1989 on the tempor­
ary importation of means of transport (5), 
— (EEC) No 3312/89 of 30 October 1989 on the tem­
porary importation of containers (6), 
Whereas the present Regulation forms an integral part 
of the code and consequently the general rules of the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
TITLE I 
TEMPORARY IMPORTATION OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT 
CHAPTER I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Article 1 
For the purposes of this Regulation: 
(a) 'means of transport' shall mean any means used for 
the transport of persons or goods. 'Means of trans­
port' shall cover spare parts and normal accessories 
and equipment, including the equipment used to 
stow, secure or protect goods, imported with the 
means of transport; 
(') OJNoL. 
(-) OJ No L . (b) 'business use' shall mean the use of a means of 
transport in direct exercise of an activity carried 
out for consideration or financial gain; 
(c) 'private use' shall mean use for purposes other than 
business use as defined in (b); 
(d) 'container' shall mean an article of transport equip­
ment (lift-van, movable tank, demountable body or 
other similar structure): 
., p. 
., p. O OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1982, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 155, 14. 6. 1985, p. 54. 
(5) OJ No L 186, 30. 6. 1989, p. 8. 
(6) OJ No L 321, 4. 11. 1989, p. 5. 
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— fully or partially enclosed to constitute a com­
partment intended for containing goods, 
— of a permanent character and accordingly 
strong enough to be suitable for repeated use, 
— specially designed to facilitate the carriage of 
goods, by one or more modes of transport, 
without intermediate reloading, 
— designed for ready handling, particularly when 
being transferred from one mode of transport 
to another, 
— designed to be easy to fill and to empty, and 
having an internal volume of one cubic metre 
or more. 
Platform flats shall be treated as containers. 
Moreover, derogations may be authorized in 
accordance with the procedure of the committee. 
In accordance with the procedure, the definition of 
containers may be supplemented to take account of 
technical developments. 
The term 'container' shall include the accessories 
and equipment of the container, appropriate for 
the type concerned, provided that such accessories 
and equipment are carried with the container. The 
term 'container' shall not include vehicles, accesso­
ries or spare parts of vehicles, or packaging; 
(e) 'internal traffic' shall mean the carriage of goods 
loaded in the customs territory of the Community 
for subsequent unloading in that territory. 
Article 2 
Save for the cases to be determined in accordance with 
the procedure of the committee, the placing of a means 
of transport under the arrangements is not subject to 
provision of a guarantee to ensure the payment of a 
customs debt that may arise. 
Article 3 
1. Spare parts, accessories and normal equipment, 
including equipment which is used for the stowage, 
securing or protection of goods, imported separately 
from the means of transport for which they are 
intended, shall be admitted under the temporary impor­
tation arrangements. 
2. Defective parts and spare parts removed from 
means of transport as a result of repair or maintenance 
must be dealt with in one of the ways allowed for the 
imported goods. Article 4 
The means of transport referred to in Titles II to V shall 
not be lent, hired, pledged, transferred or put at the dis­
posal of any person having his normal residence in the 
customs territory of the Community. 
Article 5 
In accordance with the procedure of the committee, it 
may be permissible in special cases for a person to 
import and/or to use a means of transport in the cus­
toms territory of the Community without complying 
with the provisions of this Title. 
TITLE II 
MEANS OF ROAD TRANSPORT 
Article 6 
1. The temporary importation arrangements shall 
apply to road vehicles for business use. 
2. For the purposes of this Article, 'vehicles' shall 
mean all road vehicles and all trailers which can be 
coupled to such vehicles. 
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 4, admission under 
the temporary importation arrangements referred to in 
paragraph 1 shall be subject to the condition that the 
vehicles are: 
(a) imported by a person established outside the cus­
toms territory of the Community or on his behalf; 
(b) used for business purposes by such a person or on 
his behalf; and 
(c) registered outside the customs territory of the Com­
munity in the name of a person established outside 
that territory. However, if the vehicles are not regis­
tered, the above condition shall be deemed to be 
met where the vehicles in question belong to a per­
son established outside the customs territory of the 
Community; 
(d) used exclusively for transport which begins or ends 
outside the customs territory of the Community, 
save for the cases to be determined in accordance 
with the procedure of the committee. 
4. Where a trailer is coupled to a motor vehicle regis­
tered within the customs territory of the Community, it 
shall be admitted under these arrangements even if the 
conditions set out in subparagraphs 3 (a) and (b) are 
not satisfied. 
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5. The vehicles referred to in paragraph 1 may remain 
in the customs territory of the Community subject to 
the conditions laid down in paragraph 3 during the 
time required for carrying out the operations for which 
temporary admission is being requested, e.g. dispatch­
ing, picking up and setting down of passengers, load­
ing and unloading goods, transport and maintenance. 
Article 7 
1. The temporary importation arrangements shall 
apply to road vehicles for private use. 
2. For the purposes of this Article, 'vehicles' shall 
mean all road vehicles, including caravans and trailers, 
which can be coupled to motor vehicles. 
3. Admission under the temporary importation 
arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject 
to the condition that the vehicles are: 
(a) imported by persons established outside the cus­
toms territory of the Community; 
(b) used for private purposes by the persons con­
cerned; and 
(c) registered outside the customs territory of the Com­
munity in the name of a person established outside 
that territory. However, if the vehicles are not regis­
tered, the above condition shall be deemed to be 
met where the vehicles in question belong to a per­
son established outside the customs territory of the 
Community. 
4. Notwithstanding subparagraph 3, the arrangements 
shall also extend to non-Community vehicles which are 
registered in the customs territory of the Community 
under a temporary series with a view to re-exportation 
and carry a registration number plate issued to a person 
established outside that territory. 
5. The temporary importation arrangements shall also 
apply in the following cases: 
(a) where a private vehicle registered in the country of 
normal residence of the user is used regularly for 
the journey from his residence to his place of work 
and vice versa in the customs territory of the Com­
munity. There shall be no other limitation on the 
period; (b) where a student uses a private vehicle registered in 
the country of his normal residence in the customs 
territory of the Community in which the student is 
residing for the sole purpose of pursuing his stu­
dies. 
6. Without prejudice to paragraph 5 (a), the vehicles 
referred to in paragraph 1 may remain in the customs 
territory of the Community for: 
(a) a period of six months — whether continuous or 
not — in any 12 months; 
(b) the period the student stays in the customs territory 
of the Community in the cases referred to in para­
graph 5 (b). 
7. Paragraphs 5 (b) and 6 (b) shall apply mutatis 
mutandis to persons fulfilling assignments of a speci­
fied duration. 
Article 8 
1. Article 7 shall apply mutatis mutandis to saddle or 
draught animals and the vehicles drawn by them enter­
ing the customs territory of the Community. 
2. The animals and the vehicles drawn by them 
referred to in paragraph 1 may remain in the customs 
territory of the Community for a period of three 
months. 
CHAPTER III 
MEANS OF RAIL TRANSPORT 
Article 9 
1. The temporary importation arrangements shall 
apply to means of rail transport. 
2. For the purposes of this Article, 'means of rail 
transport' shall mean all prime movers, railcars and 
multiple sets, and rolling stock of any description used 
for the transport of persons and goods. 
3. Admission under the temporary importation 
arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject 
to the condition that the means of rail transport: 
(a) belong to a person established outside the customs 
territory of the Community; 
(b) are registered on a railway network outside the cus­
toms territory of the Community. 
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4. Means of rail transport may remain in the customs 
territory of the Community for 12 months. 
CHAPTER IV 
MEANS OF AIR TRANSPORT 
Article 10 
1. The temporary importation arrangements shall 
apply to means of air transport. 
2. The means of transport referred to in paragraph 1 
may remain in the customs territory of the Community 
for the time required for carrying out the operations for 
which temporary admission is being requested, e.g. dis­
patching, boarding and landing passengers, loading 
and unloading goods, transport and maintenance. 
3. Where the means of transport referred to in para­
graph 1 are used for private air transport, the condi­
tions laid down in Article 7 (3) shall apply. 
4. The means of transport referred to in paragraph 3 
may remain in the customs territory of the Community 
for a period of six months, whether continuous or not, 
in any 12-month period. 
CHAPTER V 
SEA AND INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT 
Article 11 
1. The temporary importation arrangements shall 
apply to means of sea and inland waterway transport. 
2. The means of transport referred to in paragraph 1 
may remain in the customs territory of the Community 
for the time required for carrying out the operations for 
which temporary admission is being requested, e.g. dis­
patching, boarding and landing passengers, loading 
and unloading goods, transport and maintenance. 
3. Where the means of transport referred to in para­
graph 1 are used for private sea or inland waterway 
transport, the conditions laid down in Article 7 (3) shall 
apply. 
4. The means of transport referred to in paragraph 3 
may remain in the customs territory of the Community 
for a period of six months, whether continuous or not, 
in any 12-month period. CHAPTER VI 
PALLETS 
Article 12 
1. The temporary importation arrangements shall 
apply to pallets. 
2. For the purposes of this Article, a 'pallet' shall 
mean a device on the deck of which a quantity of 
goods can be assembled to form a unit load for the pur­
pose of transport or of handling or stacking by means 
of mechanical applicances. The device consists either 
of two decks connected to each other by cross-braces, 
or of a deck supported by feet or of a special deck 
designed for air transport; its overall height is reduced 
to the minimum compatible with its handling by means 
of rollers, forklift trucks or pallet trucks; it may or may 
not have a superstructure. 
CHAPTER VII 
CONTAINER 
Article 13 
1. The benefit of the temporary importation arrange­
ments shall apply to containers approved for transport 
under customs seal or simply bearing marks when they 
are introduced into the customs territory of the Com­
munity on behalf of their owners, their operators or the 
representatives of either of those. 
2. Containers other than those referred to in para­
graph 1 shall be admitted for temporary importation if 
this is authorized by the customs authorities. 
3. Containers placed under temporary importation 
arrangements may remain in the customs territory of 
the Community for a maximum period of 12 months. 
However, where particular circumstances so warrant, 
this period may be extended in order to permit their 
authorized use. 
4. Containers placed under temporary importation 
arrangements may be used in internal traffic before 
being re-exported from the customs territory of the 
Community where the containers would otherwise have 
to make a journey unladen within the said territory. 
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TITLE II 
TEMPORARY IMPORTATION OF GOODS OTHER THAN MEANS OF 
TRANSPORT 
CHAPTER I 
PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT under the said arrangements in the same way as the 
equipment itself. 
Article 14 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted in 
respect of professional equipment. 
2. 'Professional equipment' means the equipment and 
accessories needed for the exercise of his trade or pro­
fession by a natural or legal person established outside 
the customs territory of the Community, who is in the 
Community to perform a particular job of work. 
The list of goods considered as 'professional equip­
ment' for the purposes of this Regulation shall be 
drawn up and amended in accordance with the proce­
dure of the committee. 
3. The temporary importation arrangements referred 
to in paragraph 1 shall be granted provided that the 
professional equipment is: 
(a) owned by a person established outside the customs 
territory of the Community; 
(b) imported by a person established outside the said 
territory; 
(c) to be used exclusively by the person entering the 
said territory or under his supervision. 
However, the condition referred to in (c) shall not 
apply to cinematographic equipment imported for the 
purpose of producing films under a co-production con­
tract concluded with a person established in the cus­
toms territory of the Community. 
In the case of joint radio or television programme 
productions, professional equipment may be the sub­
ject of a hire or similar contract to which a person 
established in the customs territory of the Community 
is party. 
Article 15 
Spare parts subsequently imported for the repair of 
professional equipment which has been imported tem­
porarily shall benefit from the advantages granted CHAPTER II 
GOODS FOR DISPLAY OR USE AT AN EXHIBITION, 
FAIR, SYMPOSIUM OR SIMILAR EVENT 
Article 16 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for: 
(a) goods intended for display or to be the subject of a 
demonstration at an event; 
(b) goods intended for use at an event for the purpose 
of presenting imported products, such as: 
— goods necessary for demonstration of the 
imported machines or apparatus on exhibition, 
— equipment, including electrical fittings, used 
for constructing and decorating the temporary 
stands of a person established outside the 
Community, 
— advertising material and demonstration and 
other equipment intended for use in publiciz­
ing the imported goods on exhibition, such as 
sound recordings, films and transparencies, 
together with the accessories required in con­
nection with their use; 
(c) equipment, including interpreting installations, 
sound recording apparatus and educational, scien­
tific or cultural films, intended for use at interna­
tional meetings, conferences and symposia; 
(d) live animals intended for exhibition at, or partici­
pation in, an event; 
(e) products obtained during an event from goods, 
machinery, apparatus or animals imported tempor­
arily. 
2. An'event'means: 
(a) a trade, industrial, agricultural or craft exhibition, 
fair, or similar show or display; 
(b) an exhibition or meeting which is primarily organ­
ized for a charitable purpose; 
(c) an exhibition or meeting which is primarily organ­
ized to promote any branch of learning, art, craft, 
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sport or scientific, technical, educational, cultural, 
trade union or tourist activity, or to promote friend­
ship between peoples or to promote religious 
knowledge or worship; 
(d) a meeting of representatives of international organ­
izations or international groups of organizations; 
(e) a representative meeting of an official or comme­
morative character; 
except exhibitions organized for private purposes in 
shops or business premises with a view to sale of the 
goods imported. 
CHAPTER III 
TEACHING AIDS AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT 
Article 17 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for: 
(a) teaching aids; 
(b) spare parts and accessories for such aids; 
(c) tools especially designed for the maintenance, 
checking, calibration or repair of such aids. 
2. 'Teaching aid' means any aid intended for the 
exclusive purpose of teaching or vocational training, 
and in particular models, instruments, apparatus, 
machines and accessories thereof. 
The list of goods considered as teaching aids for the 
purposes of this Regulation shall be drawn up and 
amended in accordance with the procedure of the com­
mittee. 
3. The temporary importation arrangements referred 
to in paragraph 1 shall be granted provided that the 
teaching aids, spare parts, accessories or tools: 
(a) are imported by approved establishments and are 
used under the supervision and responsibility of 
such establishments; 
(b) are used for non-commercial purposes; 
(c) are imported in reasonable quantities, having 
regard to their intended purpose; 
(d) remain throughout their stay in the customs terri­
tory of the Community the property of a person 
who is established outside the Community. 
4. The period during which such teaching aids may 
remain under temporary importation arrangements may 
not exceed six months. Article 18 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for: 
(a) scientific equipment and accessories; 
(b) spare parts for such equipment; 
(c) tools specially designed for the maintenance, 
checking, calibration or repair of scientific equip­
ment used in the customs territory of the Com­
munity exclusively for purposes of scientific 
research or teaching. 
2. 'Scientific equipment' means instruments, appara­
tus, machines and accessories thereof used for the pur­
pose of scientific research or teaching. 
3. The temporary importation arrangements referred 
to in paragraph 1 shall be granted provided that the 
scientific equipment, accessories, spare parts and tools: 
(a) are imported by approved establishments and are 
used under the supervision and responsibility of 
such establishments; 
(b) are used for non-commercial purposes; 
(c) are imported in reasonable numbers having regard 
to their intended purpose; 
(d) remain throughout their stay in the customs terri­
tory of the Community the property of a person 
who is established outside the Community. 
4. The period during which such scientific equipment 
may remain under temporary importation arrangements 
may not exceed six months. 
CHAPTER IV 
MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND LABORATORY 
EQUIPMENT 
Article 19 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for 
medical, surgical and laboratory equipment intended 
for hospitals and other medical institutions. 
2. The temporary importation arrangements referred 
to in paragraph 1 shall be granted provided that the 
said equipment: 
(a) has been dispatched on an occasional basis, on 
loan and free of charge; 
(b) is intended for diagnostic and therapeutic pur­
poses. 
3. The period during which medical, surgical and 
laboratory equipment may remain under temporary 
importation arrangements may not exceed six months. 
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CHAPTER V 
MATERIALS FOR USE IN COUNTERING THE 
EFFECTS OF DISASTERS not exceed six months where they are imported filled or 
three months where they are imported empty. 
Article 20 CHAPTER VII 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted in 
the case of materials for use in connection with mea­
sures taken to counter the effects of disasters affecting 
the customs territory of the Community. OTHER CASES OF TEMPORARY IMPORTATION ON 
A TOTAL RELIEF BASIS 
Article 22 
2. The temporary importation arrangements referred 
to in paragraph 1 shall be granted provided that such 
materials: 
— have been imported on loan and free of charge; 
— are intended for State bodies or bodies approved 
by the competent authorities. 
CHAPTER VI 
PACKINGS 
Article 21 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for 
packings. 
2. 'Packings' means: 
(a) holders used, or to be used, as external or internal 
coverings for goods; 
(b) holders on which goods are, or are to be, rolled, 
wound or attached, 
but excluding packing materials such as straw, paper, 
glass wool and shavings when imported in bulk. 
3. The temporary importation arrangements referred 
to in paragraph 1 shall be granted provided that: 
(a) if the packings are imported filled, they are 
declared as being for re-exportation empty or 
filled; 
(b) if the packings are imported empty, they are 
declared as being for re-exportation filled. 
4. Packings admitted under temporary arrangements 
cannot be used, even as an exception, between two 
points located within the customs territory of the Com­
munity, except with a view to the export of goods out­
side that territory. In the case of packings imported 
filled, this ban shall apply only from the time that their 
contents are emptied. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for: 
(a) moulds, dies, blocks, drawings, sketches and other 
similar articles intended for a person established in 
the customs territory of the Community, where at 
least 75 % of the production resulting from their 
use is exported from that territory; 
(b) measuring, checking and testing instruments and 
other similar articles intended for a person estab­
lished in the customs territory of the Community 
for use in a manufacturing process, where at least 
75 % of the production resulting from their use is 
exported from that territory; 
(c) goods of any kind which are to be subjected to 
tests, experiments or demonstrations, including the 
tests and experiments required for type-approval 
procedures, but excluding any tests, experiments or 
demonstrations constituting a gainful activity; 
(d) goods of any kind to be used to carry out tests, 
experiments or demonstrations, but excluding any 
tests, experiments or demonstrations constituting a 
gainful activity; 
(e) samples which are representative of the particular 
category of goods and which are intended for 
demonstration purposes with a view to obtaining 
orders for similar goods; 
(f) special tools and instruments made available free 
of charge to a person established in the customs 
territory of the Community for use in the manufac­
ture of goods which are to be exported in their 
entirety, on condition that such special tools and 
instruments remain the property of the consignee 
of the said goods. 
Article 23 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for: 
5. The period during which such packings may (a) second hand goods imported with a view to their 
remain under temporary importation arrangements may sale by auction; 
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(b) goods imported under a contract of sale, which are 
to be subjected to satisfactory acceptance tests; 
(c) works of art imported for the purposes of exhibi­
tion, with a view to possible sale; 
(d) consignments on approval of made-up articles of 
fur, precious stones, carpets and articles of jewel­
lery provided that their particular characteristics 
prevent their being imported as samples. 
2. The period during which the goods referred to in 
paragraph 1 may remain under temporary importation 
arrangements may not exceed six months in the case of 
(a), (b) and (c) and four weeks in that of (d). 
Article 24 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for 
replacement means of production made temporarily 
available free of charge to the importer on the initiative 
of the supplier of similar means of production to be 
subsequently imported for release into free circulation 
or for means of production re-installed after repair. 
2. The period during which the replacement means of 
production referred to in paragraph 1 may remain 
under temporary importation arrangements may not 
exceed six months. 
Article 25 
The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for: 
(a) positive cinematograph films, printed and devel­
oped, intended for projection prior to commercial 
use; 
(b) films, magnetic tapes and films which are intended 
to be provided with a sound track, dubbed or cop­
ied; 
(c) films demonstrating the nature of products or the 
operation of foreign equipment, provided that they 
are not intended for public showing for charge; 
(d) carrier material for recorded sound and data-pro­
cessing, including punched cards, made available 
free of charge to a person whether or not estab­
lished in the customs territory of the Community. 
Article 26 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted in 
respect of the personal effects which travellers are car­
rying on their person or in their personal luggage for 
the duration of their stay in the customs territory of the 
Community. 2. 'Personal effects' means any clothing and other 
new or used articles intended for the personal use of 
the traveller. 
Article 27 
The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for: 
(a) live animals of any species imported for dressage, 
training or breeding purposes or in order to be 
given veterinary treatment; 
(b) live animals of any species imported for transhum-
ance or grazing purposes; 
(c) draught animals and equipment belonging to per­
sons established outside but in close proximity to 
the customs territory of the Community provided 
that they are imported by such persons for working 
land located inside the customs territory of the 
Community, involving the performance of agricul­
tural work or the unloading or transport of timber; 
(d) tourist publicity material. The list of goods to be 
considered as tourist publicity material shall be 
drawn up and amended in accordance with the 
procedure of the committee. 
Article 28 
1. The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for 
welfare material for seafarers. 
2. The following definitions shall apply; 
— 'welfare material' means material intended for cul­
tural, educational, recreational, religious or sport­
ing activities by seafarers, 
— 'seafarers' means all persons transported on board 
a vessel and responsible for tasks relating to the 
operation or servicing of the vessel at sea. 
3. The list of goods to be considered as welfare mater­
ial for seafarers shall be drawn up and amended in 
accordance with the procedure of the committee. 
4. The temporary importation arrangements referred 
to in paragraph 1 shall be granted provided that the 
material is: 
(a) disembarked from a vessel for temporary use on 
land by the crew for a period not exceeding that of 
the vessel's stay in port; 
(b) imported for temporary use in cultural or social 
establishments for a period not exceeding six 
months. 'Cultural or social establishments' means 
hostels, clubs and recreational premises for seafar­
ers, managed by either official bodies or religious 
or other non-profit-making organizations, and also 
places of worship where regular service are held for 
seafarers. 
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Article 29 
The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for 
the various equipment used, under the supervision and 
responsibility of a public authority, for the building, 
repair or maintenance of infrastructure of general 
importance in border zones. Article 30 
The benefit of temporary importation arrangements 
with total relief from import duties shall be granted for 
goods temporarily imported into the customs territory 
of the Community in particular circumstances which 
have no economic effect. 
TITLE III 
FINAL PROVISIONS 
Article 31 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1993. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.