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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the 
Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of 
reliefs from customs duty 
COM(86) 466 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 22 September 1986) 
(86/C 254/08) 
THE COUNCIL OT THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28, 43 
and 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Section II C of the Preliminary Provisions of 
the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 950/68 ('), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 3331/85 (2), provides for a flat 10 % ad 
valorem rate of customs duty on goods sent in small 
consignments to private individuals or contained in 
traveller's personal luggage, provided that such import­
ations are not of a commercial nature and that the total 
value of such goods does not exceed 115 ECU per 
consignment or per traveller; 
Whereas, in accordance with Section II C (3) of the said 
Preliminary Provisions, the flat-rate 10 % customs duty 
is charged in respect of goods contained in travellers' 
luggage only on the fraction of the value exceeding the 
amounts admitted free of import duties pursuant to 
Articles 45 to 49 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
918/83 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3822/ 
85 (4); whereas, however, as a result of the third indent 
of Article 29(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83, the 
flat 10 % rate is charged on all goods in small 
consignments sent to private individuals where the total 
value of the said consignments exceeds the amount laid 
down for their duty-free admission, i.e. 45 ECU; 
Whereas the drawback of these rules is that they 
preclude any relief for the consignees of small 
consignments whose total value exceeds, even barely, the 
O OJ No L 172, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 331, 9. 12. 1985, p. 1. 
(') OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1985, p. 22. amount of 45 ECU; whereas examination of the 
situation has revealed that the introduction in this 
particular context of provisions similar to those 
applicable to goods contained in travellers' luggage 
should not cause serious administrative difficulties; 
whereas it is accordingly appropriate to amend both 
Section IIC of the Preliminary Provisions of the 
Common Customs Tariff and Title VII of Regulation 
(EEC) No 918/83 to permit relief on the import of small 
consignments sent to private individuals up to a value of 
45 ECU and to charge the flat 10 °/o rate of customs 
duty only on the fraction of the value exceeding that 
amount; 
Whereas at this juncture the value beyond which the flat 
10 % rate of customs duty may be charged on 
consignments sent to private individuals should be raised 
from 115 ECU to 200 ECU, as the Commission 
proposed on 16 November 1984 (5); whereas for reasons 
of legal clarity, all these amendments should be made by 
means of a complete redrafting of Section II C of the 
Preliminary Provisions of the Common Customs Tariff 
and Title VII of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83; 
Whereas Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 
provides that the island of Helgoland is to be considered 
a third country; whereas as a result of the requirements 
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 of 23 July 
1984 on the customs territory of the Community (6), as 
last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, that all territories excluded from the customs 
territory of the Community are in the same legal position 
as Helgoland; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend 
the said Article 1 (3); 
Whereas Articles 137 and 138 of Regulation (EEC) No 
918/83 lay down the conditions on which, until the 
establishment of Community provisions in the field in 
question, Member States may apply special relief granted 
on imports of instruments and apparatus used in medical 
research, establishing medical diagnoses or carrying out 
medical treatment; 
Whereas the experience acquired from application of 
these provisions by one Member State has shown that 
O OJ No C 324, 5. 12. 1984, p. 5. 
(6) OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 1. 
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the duty-free admission of the instruments and apparatus 
in question, provided that equivalent instruments and 
apparatus are not being manufactured in the 
Community, cannot have untoward effects on the 
Community economy; whereas it would, however, make 
an effective contribution to the detection and treatment 
of serious diseases which may affect persons residing in 
the Community; whereas it is advisable to encourage any 
donations of such instruments or apparatus to medical 
institutions approved for these purposes by the 
competent authorities; whereas the optional and 
temporary provisions laid down by Articles 137 and 138 
of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 in respect of instru­
ments and apparatus used in medical research, 
establishing medical diagnoses or carrying out medical 
treatment should be converted into definitive provisions 
applicable throughout the Community and, to this end, 
the said Articles should be replaced by a Title XlVa 
dealing with this particular case of relief; 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 should also be 
supplemented to take account of the work carried out by 
the World Health Organization by introduction of relief 
from import duties in respect of the reference substances 
required for the quality control of medicinal products; 
Whereas, on the basis of work carried out within the 
Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements since entry into 
force of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83, it has been 
established that a certain number of temporary 
provisions laid down in Article 136 may now be 
converted into definitive provisions under certain 
conditions, or limited in time or deleted; whereas 
Articles 133 to 136 should accordingly be amended in 
order to remove, as far as possible, any uncertainty as 
regards their scope and any disparity in application of 
the Community system of reliefs from customs duty set 
up by Regulation (EEC) No 918/83; 
Whereas it is advisable to take the opportunity arising 
from these various amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 
918/83 to amend certain other provisions so that their 
application is more consistent with the objectives 
pursued, or to ensure compliance with provisions 
adopted within the framework of certain international 
organizations, notably the OECD Council Decision-
Recommendation adopted on 27 November 1985 
concerning policy in the field of international tourism, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Section II C of the Preliminary Provisions of the 
Common Customs Tariff annexed to Regulation (EEC) 
No 950/68 is hereby replaced by the following: 
'C. Flat rate of duty 
1. Customs duty shall be charged at the flat rate of 
10 % ad valorem on goods: — contained in consignments sent by one private 
individual to another, or 
— contained in travellers' personal luggage, 
provided that such importations are not of a 
commercial nature. 
This flat-rate 10 % customs duty shall apply 
provided that the total value of the goods does not 
exceed 200 ECU per consignment or per traveller. It 
shall be charged on the fraction of the value 
exceeding the limits laid down in Title VII and Title 
XI of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 O for the duty­
free admission of goods in consignments sent from 
one private individual to another or of goods 
contained in travellers' personal luggage. 
Such flat-rate assessment shall not apply to goods 
falling within Chapter 24 which are contained in a 
consignment or in travellers' personal luggage in 
amounts exceeding those laid down in Article 31 or 
in Article 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83. 
2. Imports shall be treated as not being of a 
commercial nature if: 
(a) in the case of goods contained in consignments 
sent by one private individual to another, such 
consignments: 
— are of an occasional nature, 
— contain goods exclusively for the personal 
use of the consignee or his family; the nature 
or quantity of such goods must not be such 
as might indicate that they are being 
imported for commercial reasons, 
— consist of goods the total value of which 
does not exceed 200 ECU, and 
— are sent to the consignee by the consignor 
free of payment of any kind; 
(b) in the case of goods contained in travellers' 
personal luggage, they: 
— are of an occasional nature, and 
— consist exclusively of goods for the personal 
use of the travellers or their families, or of 
goods intended as presents; the nature and 
quantity of such goods must not be such as 
might indicate that they are being imported 
for commercial reasons. 
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3. The flat rate of customs duty shall not apply to 
goods imported under the conditions set out above if 
the person entitled has, before the said flat rate is 
applied to them, requested that they be subject to the 
customs duties appropriate to them. All the goods 
making up the consignment shall then be subject to 
the import duties which are appropriate to them, 
without prejudice to the duty-free admission under 
Articles 45 to 49 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83. 
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, import 
duties shall mean both customs duties and charges 
having equivalent effect and agricultural levies and 
other import charges provided for under the 
common agricultural policy or under specific 
arrangements laid down for certain goods resulting 
from the processing of agricultural products. 
4. Member States may round off the amount in 
national currencies resulting from the conversion of 
the sum of 200 ECU. 
5. Member States may maintain unchanged the 
equivalent in national currency of the sum of 200 
ECU if, at the time of the annual adjustment 
provided for in the first paragraph of Article 2 (2) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2779/78, as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 289/84, the conversion of this 
amount, before the rounding off provided for in 
paragraph 4, results in a change of less than 5 % in 
the equivalent in national currency. 
(') OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1.' 
Article 2 
Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 is hereby replaced by the 
following: 
1. Article 1 (3) is amended as follows: 
'3. Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, 
for the purpose of applying Chapter I, the concept 
of third countries includes those parts of Member 
States' territories excluded from the customs 
territory of the Community by virtue of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 (»). 
C) OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 1.* 
2. Title VII is replaced by the following: 
'TITLE VII 
Consignments sent by one private individual to 
another 
Article 29 
1. Subject to Articles 30 and 31, goods contained 
in consignments sent from a third country by a 
private individual to another private individual living 
in the customs territory of the Community shall be 
admitted free of import duties, provided that such 
importations are not of a commercial nature. The relief provided for under this paragraph shall 
not apply to goods in consignments sent from the 
island of Helgoland. 
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, imported 
consignments are "not of a commercial nature" if 
they: 
— are of an occasional nature, 
— contain goods exclusively for the personal use of 
the consignee or his family; the nature or 
quantity of such goods must not be such as might 
indicate that they are being imported for 
commercial reasons, 
— consist of goods the total value of which does 
not exceed 200 ECU, 
— are sent to the consignee by the consignor free of 
payment of any kind. 
Article 30 
The relief referred to in Article 29 (1) shall apply to 
a value of 45 ECU per consignment, including the 
value of the goods referred to in Article 31. 
Where the total value per consignment of two or 
more items exceeds the amount referred to in the 
first subparagraph, relief up to that amount shall be 
granted for such of the items as would, if imported 
separately, have been granted relief, it being 
understood that the value of an individual item 
cannot be split up. 
Article 31 
The relief referred to in Article 29 (1) shall be 
limited, per consignment, to the quantities given 
against each of the goods listed below: 
(a) tobacco products: 
— 50 cigarettes, or 
— 25 cigarillos (cigars of a maximum weight of 
3 grams each), or 
— 10 cigars, or 
— 50 grams of smoking tobacco; 
(b) alcohol and alcoholic beverages: 
— distilled beverages and spirits of an alcoholic 
strength by volume exceeding 22 % vol; non-
denatured ethyl alcohol of 80 % vol and 
over: one litre, or 
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— distilled beverages and spirits, and aperitifs 
with a wine or alcoholic base, tafia, sake or 
similar beverages, of an alcoholic strength by 
volume not exceeding 22 % vol; sparkling 
wines, liquer wines: one litre, or 
— still wines: two litres; 
(c) perfume: 50 grams, or 
toilet water: 0,25 litre.' 
3. Article 46 (1) is replaced by the following: 
cl. The relief referred to in Article 45 (1) shall, in 
respect of the goods listed below, apply subject to 
the following quantitative limits per traveller: 
(a) tobacco products: 
— 200 cigarettes, or 
— 100 cigarillos (cigars of a maximum weight 
of 3 grams each), or 
— 50 cigars, or 
— 250 grams of smoking tobacco, or 
— a proportional assortment of these different 
products; 
(b) alcohol and alcoholic beverages: 
— distilled beverages and spirits of an alcoholic 
strength by volume exceeding 22 % vol; non-
denatured ethyl alcohol of 80 % vol and 
over: one litre, or 
— distilled beverages and spirits, and aperitifs 
with a wine or alcoholic base, tafia, sake or 
similar beverages, of an alcoholic strength by 
volume not exceeding 22 % vol; sparkling 
wines, liqueur wines: two litres, and 
— still wines: two litres; 
(c) perfume: 50 grams, and 
toilet water: 0,25 litre; 
(d) medicinal products: 
the quantity required to meet travellers' personal 
needs.' 
4. Article 47 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 47 
The relief referred to in Article 45 shall be granted 
up to a total value of 100 ECU per traveller to 
goods other than those listed in Article 46. 
However, Member States may reduce this amount to 
50 ECU for travellers under 15 years of age.' 
5. The first ident of Article 49 (2) is replaced by the 
following: 
'— frontier zone means, without prejudice to 
existing conventions in this respect, a zone 
which, as the crow flies, does not extend more 
than 15 kilometres from the frontier. The local 
administrative districts, part of whose territory 
lies within the zone, may also be considered to 
be part of this frontier zone;'. 6. Article 60 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 60 
1. Relief from import duties shall be granted in 
respect of: 
(a) animals specially prepared for laboratory use; 
(b) biological or chemical substances included in a 
list drawn up in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 143 (2) and (3), which are 
imported exclusively for non-commercial 
purposes. 
2. The relief referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 
limited to animals and biological or chemical subs­
tances which are intended for either: 
— public establishments principally engaged in 
education or scientific research and those 
departments of public establishments which are 
principally engaged in education or scientific 
research, or 
— private establishments principally engaged in 
education or scientific research and authorized 
by the competent authorities of the Member 
States to receive such articles duty-free. 
3. The list referred to in subparagraph 1 (b) may 
include only biological or chemical substances for 
which there is no equivalent production in the 
customs territory of the Community and which, on 
account of their specificity or degree of purity, are 
mainly or exclusively suited to scientific research.' 
7. The following Title XlVa and Title XlVb are 
inserted after Article 63: 
'Title XlVa 
Instruments and apparatus intended for medical 
research, establishing medical diagnoses or carrying 
out medical treatment 
Article 63a 
1. Instruments and apparatus intended for medical 
research, establishing medical diagnoses or carrying 
out medical treatment which are donated either by a 
charitable or philanthropic organization or by a 
private individual to health authorities, hospital 
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departments or medical research institutions 
approved by the competent authorities of the 
Member States to receive such articles duty free, or 
which are purchased by such health authorities, 
hospitals or medical research institutions entirely 
with funds provided by a charitable or philanthropic 
organization or with voluntary contributions, shall 
be admitted free of import duties, always provided 
that it is established that: 
(a) equivalent instruments and apparatus are not 
being currently manufactured in the customs 
territory of the Community; 
(b) the donation of the instruments or apparatus in 
question does not conceal any commercial intent 
on the part of the donor; 
(c) the donor is in no way connected with the 
manufacturer of the instruments or apparatus 
which are the subject of the duty relief 
application. 
2. The relief shall also apply, on the same 
conditions, to: 
(a) spare parts, components or accessories 
specifically for instruments or apparatus, 
provided that these spare parts, components or 
accessories are imported at the same time as such 
instruments and apparatus, or, if imported sub­
sequently, that they can be identified as being 
intended for instruments or apparatus previously 
admitted duty free; 
(b) tools to be used for maintenance, checking, 
calibration or repair of instruments or apparatus, 
provided that these tools are imported at the 
same time as such instruments and apparatus or, 
if imported subsequently, that they can be 
identified as being intended for instruments or 
apparatus previously admitted duty free. 
Article 63b 
For the purposes of applying Article 63a (1), an 
instrument or apparatus intended for medical 
research, establishing medical diagnoses or carrying 
out medical treatment shall be regarded as being 
currently manufactured in the customs territory of 
the Community where its delivery period from the 
time of the order is not, taking account of 
commercial practices in the manufacturing sector 
under consideration, appreciably longer than the 
delivery period for the instrument or apparatus in 
respect of which relief is applied for, or does not 
exceed the latter to such an extent that the purpose 
or use for which the instrument or apparatus was 
initially intended would be appreciably affected 
thereby. 
Article 63c 
The granting of relief shall be conditional on it being 
established, under the conditions laid down by 
implementing provisions adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 143 (2) and (3), 
that instruments or apparatus equivalent to those for 
which duty-free admission is requested are not being 
currently manufactured in the customs territory of 
the Community. 
Article 63d 
1. Instruments and apparatus which have been 
admitted duty free in accordance with the conditions 
laid down in Article 63a, 63b and 63c may not be 
lent, hired out or transferred, whether for a 
consideration or free of charge, without prior 
notification to the competent authorities. 
2. Should an instrument or apparatus be lent, 
hired out or transferred to an establishment or 
organization entitled to benefit from relief pursuant 
to Article 63a, the relief shall continue to be granted 
provided the establishment or organization uses the 
instrument or apparatus for purposes which confer 
the right to such relief. 
In other cases, loan, hiring out or transfer shall be 
subject to prior payment of import duties, at the rate 
applying on the date of the loan, hiring out or 
transfer, on the basis of the type of goods and the 
customs value ascertained or accepted on that date 
by the competent authorities. 
Article 63e 
1. Establishments or organizations referred to in 
Article 63a which cease to fulfil the conditions giving 
entitlement to relief, or which are proposing to use 
articles admitted duty free for purposes other than 
those provided for by that Article shall so inform the 
competent authorities. 
2. Instruments or apparatus remaining in the 
possession of establishments or organizations which 
cease to fulfil the conditions giving entitlement to 
relief shall be liable to the relevant import duties at 
the rate applying on the date on which those 
conditions cease to be fulfilled, on the basis of the 
type of goods and the customs value ascertained or 
accepted on that date by the competent authorities. 
Instruments or apparatus used by the establishment 
or organization benefiting from the relief for 
purposes other than those provided for in Article 63a 
shall be liable to the relevant import duties at the 
rate applying on the date on which they are put to 
another use, on the basis of the type of goods and 
the customs value ascertained or accepted on that 
date by the competent authorities. 
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Title XlVb 
Reference substances for the quality control of 
medical products 
Article 63/ 
Consignments which contain samples of reference 
substances approved by the World Health Organ­
ization for the quality control of materials used in 
the manufacture of medicinal products and which 
are addressed to consignees authorized to receive 
such consignments free of duty shall be admitted 
free of import duties.' 
8. The following point (d) is added to Article 86: 
'(d) Awards, trophies and souvenirs of a symbolic 
nature intended for distribution free of charge 
to persons normally resident in third countries 
at business conferences or similar international 
events; their nature, unitary value or other 
features, must not be such as might indicate that 
they are being imported for commercial 
reasons.' 
9. The following point (q) is added to Article 109: 
'(q) Tax and similar stamps proving payment of 
charges in third countries.' 
10. Article 112 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 112 
1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 113 to 115: 
(a) fuel contained in the standard tanks of: 
— private and commercial motor vehicles and motor 
cycles entering the customs territory of the 
Community, 
— special containers; 
(b) fuel contained in portable tanks carried by private 
motor vehicles and motor cycles, with a maximum of 
10 litres per vehicle and without prejudice to 
national provisions on the holding and transport of 
fuel; 
shall be admitted free of import duties. 
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1: 
(a) commercial motor vehicle means any motorized road 
vehicle (including tractors with trailers) which by its 
type of construction and equipment is designed for 
and capable of transporting, whether for payment or 
not: 
— more than nine persons including the driver, 
— goods, 
and any road vehicle for a special purpose other than 
transport as such; 
(b) private motor vehicle means any motor vehicle not 
covered by the definition set out in (a); (c) standard tanks means: 
— the tanks permanently fixed by the manufacturer 
to all motor vehicles of the same type as the 
vehicle in question and whose permanent fitting 
enables fuel to be used directly, both for the 
purpose of propulsion and, where appropriate, 
for the operation of refrigeration systems and 
other systems with which special vehicles are 
equipped. 
Gas tanks fitted to motor vehicles designed for 
the direct use of gas as a fuel and tanks fitted to 
ancillary systems with which the vehicle may be 
equipped shall also be considered to be standard 
tanks; 
— tanks permanently fixed by the manufacturer to 
all containers of the same type as the container in 
question and whose permanent fitting enables 
fuel to be used directly for the operation of 
refrigeration systems and other systems with 
which special containers are equipped.' 
11. The following point (g) is added to Article 133 (1): 
'(g) relief in the context of agreements entered into 
on the basis of reciprocity with third countries 
that are Contracting Parties to the convention 
on International Civil Aviation (Chicago 1944) 
for the purpose of implementing Recommended 
Practices 4.42 and 4.44 in Annex 9 to the 
Convention (eighth edition, July 1980)'. 
12. Article 134 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. Member States shall notify the Commission of 
the customs provisions contained in international 
conventions and agreements of the type referred to 
in Article 133 (1) (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) and 
Article 133 (3), concluded after the entry into force 
of this Regulation.' 
13. Article 135 is replaced by the following: 
Article 135 
The provisions of this Regulation shall not preclude 
retention: 
(a) by Greece of the special status accorded to 
Mount Athos as guaranteed by Article 105 of the 
Greek Constitution; 
(b) by France of the relief resulting from the 
Convention of 22 and 23 November 1867 
between that country and the Andorra Valleys; 
(c) by the Member States until 31 December 1990 
and up to a limit of 210 ECU the relief, if any, 
in excess of that referred to in Article 47 which 
they granted on 1 January 1983 to merchant-
navy seamen involved in international travel.' 
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14. Article 136 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 136 
Until the establishment of Community provisions in 
the field in question, Member States may grant 
special relief to armed forces not serving under their 
flags which are stationed on their territories in 
pursuance of international agreement.' 
15. Articles 137 and 138 are deleted. 
Article 3 
The following language versions of Article 11 (2) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 are hereby amended as 
follows: 
in English: 
'2. Subject to the same conditions, presents cus­
tomarily given on the occasion of a marriage, which 
are made to a person fulfilling the conditions laid 
down in paragraph 1 by persons having their normal 
place of residence in a third country, shall also be 
admitted free of import duties. The value of each 
present admitted duty free may not, however, exceed 
1 000 ECU.' 
in Danish: 
'2. Under samme forbehold indrommes der 
ligeledes fritagelse for importafgifter for gaver, der 
saedvanligvis gives ved et bryllup, og som af personer, 
der har deres sasdvanlige opholdssted i et tredjeland, 
foraeres en person, der opfylder betingelserne i stk. 1. 
For at kunne opna fritagelse ma den enkelte gaves 
vaerdi dog ikke overstige 1 000 ECU.' 
in German: 
'2. Unter denselben Voraussetzungen sind von den 
Eingangsabgaben auch die iiblicherweise aus Anlafi 
einer Eheschliefiung iiberreichten Geschenke befreit, 
die von Personen mit gewdhnlichem Wohnsitz in 
einem Drittland einer Person gemacht werden, die 
die Voraussetzungen des Absatzes 1 erfullt. Die 
Befreiung ist jedoch davon abhanging, dafi der Wert 
eines jeden Geschenks 1 000 ECU nicht iibersteigt.' 
in Greek: 
'2. Me tig iStec, eTiKpiAa^eic,, Jtapexexcu xeA,G>veiaKf| 
axeteta yia tot auvfi&n ya\ri\Xwi 5(bpa Ttou 5ivovxai ae 
7tp6aO)7tO TtOU auVKeVXpCDVei TIC, 7tpOUJtO$£0"£lC, XT|C, 
7tapaypd(pou 1 ajto Tipoacorax Ttou exouv TT| auvf|$r| 
Kaxouda xouc, ae xptxn xcbpa. ndvxcoc,, n a£ia K&#e 
8(bpoi) yia xo cmoio Tiapexexai axe^eia 8ev ujtopei va 
D7tep6aivei xa 1 000 ECU.' in Spanish: 
'2. Seran admitidos igualmente con franquicia de 
derechos de importacion, con las mismas reservas, los 
regalos habitualmente ofrecidos con ocasion de un 
matrimonio, hechos a una persona que reuna las 
condiciones previstas en el apartado 1 por personas 
que tengan su residencia normal en un tercer pais. El 
valor de cada regalo admitido con franquicia no 
podra exceder de 1000 ECUS.' 
in French: 
'2. Sont egalement admis en franchise de droits a 
l'importation, sous les memes reserves, les cadeaux 
habituellement offerts a l'occasion d'un manage, qui 
sont faits a une personne repondant aux conditions 
prevues au paragraphe 1 par des personnes ayant leur 
residence normale dans un pays tiers. La valeur de 
chaque cadeau admissible en franchise ne peut 
toutefois exceder 1 000 Ecus,' 
in Dutch: 
'2. Onder hetzelfde voorbehoud zijn eveneens van 
rechten bij invoer vrijgesteld de gewoonlijk ter 
gelegenheid van een huwelijk aangeboden 
geschenken die door personen die hun normale ver-
blijfplaats in een derde land hebben, worden gedaan 
aan een persoon die voldoet aan de in lid 1 
genoemde voorwaarden. De waarde van elk geschenk 
dat met virjstelling van rechten mag worden 
ingevoerd, mag evenwel niet meer bedragen dan 
1 000 Ecu.' 
in Portugese: 
'2. Beneficiarao igualmente da franquia de direitos 
de importacao, nas mesmas condicoes, os presentes 
habitualmente oferecidos por ocasiao de um 
casamento, dados a uma pessoa que se encontre nas 
condicoes previstas no n? 1 por pessoas que tenham a 
sua residencia habitual num pais terceiro. O valor de 
cada presente a admitir com franquia nao pode, no 
entanto, exceder 1 000 ECUs.' 
Article 4 
In Articles 4, 22, 45, 52 to 56, 65, 72, 73, 86, 87, 117 
and 120 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83, 'Community' 
is replaced by 'the customs territory of the Community'. 
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1987. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.