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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive further amending Directive 69/169/EEC as regards a dero­
gation granted to the Kingdom of Denmark relating to the rules governing travellers' 
allowances on imports 
COM(88) 731 final 
(Presented by the Commission on 7 December 1988) 
(89/C 26/15) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 99 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas, until 31 December 1988, the Kingdom of 
Denmark enjoys a derogation from Directive 
69/169/EEC (x), as last amended by Directive 
87/198/EEC (2), with regard to the import of certain 
products by travellers having their residence in Denmark 
after having stayed in another country for less than 48 
hours; whereas in addition the Kingdom of Denmark 
applies a reduced quantitative limit for still wine; 
Whereas the Kingdom of Denmark also enjoys a dero­
gation from the same Directive to exclude from the 
travellers' allowance of ECU 350 [ECU 390], goods the 
unit value of which exceed ECU 280 [ECU 310]; 
Whereas this derogation should be seen in the context of 
Article 8A of the Treaty, which defines the internal 
market as an area without internal frontiers in which the 
free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is 
ensured and states that this should be progressively 
established over a period expiring on 31 December 1992; mation of indirect taxation in the Community in the light 
of the internal market; whereas, with this in mind, 
Denmark has stated that the special excise duties on 
electronic and household electrical goods will be reduced 
or abolished and the current rates of excise duties in 
force in respect of cigarettes, tobacco and alcoholic 
drinks will not be changed; whereas the Government has 
also indicated that certain administrative practices 
relating to the control of travellers entering Denmark 
from other Member States will be discontinued; 
Whereas the immediate cessation of some of the existing 
derogations could cause economic difficulties for 
Denmark their application, in a modified fashion, should 
be extended to 31 December 1990, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Article 7b (1) (a) of Directive 69/169, with reference to 
the Kingdom of Denmark, shall mean that from 1 
January 1990 only goods whose unit value exceeds ECU 
340 may be excluded from the exemption. 
Article 2 
Article 7c of Directive 69/169/EEC is hereby replaced 
by the following: 
Article 7c 
Whereas the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark 
has announced that they will work actively to arrive at a 
satisfactory common solution in relation to the approxi-
(') OJ No L 133, 4. 6. 1969, p. 6. 
O OJ No L 78, 20. 3. 1987, p. 53. By way of derogation from Article 4 (1) the 
Kingdom of Denmark shall be authorized to apply 
until 31 December 1990 the following quantitative 
limits for the importation of these goods by travellers 
resident in Denmark after a stay of less than 48 hours 
in another country: 
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— cigarettes 80 g 
or 
— smoking tobacco, where the tobacco 
particles have a width of less than lg 5 
mm ('fine cut') 150 g 
— distilled beverages and spirits of an 
alcoholic strength by volume of more 
than 22 % vol nil' 
Article 3 
Six months before the expiry of this Directive the 
Commission will review the position and put forward proposals for the continuation of the derogation, 
amended as appropriate. 
Article 4 
1. Member States shall bring into force the measures 
necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 
January 1989. 
2. Member States shall inform the Commission of the 
provisions which they adopt to implement this Directive. 
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.