CELEX: 51984PC0103
Language: en
Date: 1984-02-27
Title: AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A SIXTH COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 69/169/EEC ON THE HARMONIZATION OF PROVISIONS LAID DOWN BY LAW, REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION RELATING TO EXEMPTION FROM TURNOVER TAX AND EXCISE DUTY ON IMPORTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

No C 81/6                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           22.3.84
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          Amendments to the proposal for a Sixth Council Directive amending Directive
          69/169/EEC on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or
          administrative action relating to exemption from turnover tax and excise duty on imports
                                              in international travel (')
                                                 COM(84) 103 final
          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty
                                                  on 1 March 1984)
                                                    (84/C 81/08)
          The Commission hereby amends and supplements Article 1 of its proposal as follows:
          1. The following subparagraphs are added to paragraph 2:
              '(i) In the first indent of paragraph 1 (b), — "distilled beverages and spirits of an
                   alcoholic strength exceeding 22 % vol", in column I "Travel between third
                   countries and the Community" — the words "one standard bottle (0,70 to
                   1 litre)" are replaced by the words "1 litre" and in column II "Travel between
                   Member States" — the words "to a total of" are deleted.
               (j) In paragraph 2, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
                   "Travellers from third countries under 15 years of age shall not qualify for an
                   exemption in respect of the goods referred to in paragraph 1 (d).
                   Until such time as the quantitative restrictions prescribed in column II of Article 4
                   (1) (d) are abolished, travellers under 15 years of age coming from Member
                   States shall not qualify for an exemption in respect of the goods specified
                   therein".'
          2. In paragraph 4, subparagraph (a) is replaced by the following:
              '(a) The following words are added to paragraph 4 (b): "proving that the turnover tax
                   has been applied".'
          (') OJ No C 114, 28. 4. 1983, p. 4.