CELEX: 51988PC0540
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-30
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING FOR THE NINTH TIME 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

N o C 272/6                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                       21. 10. 88
             Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive amending for the ninth time 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
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                                                         COM(88) 540 final
             (Submitted by the Commission on 5 October 1988 pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty)
                                                            (88/C 272/09)
             (l) OJ No C 102, 16. 4. 1988, p. 4.
                        INITIAL TEXT                                                           AMENDED TEXT
                                                     Preamble unchanged
                                            First three recitals unchanged
                                                                        Whereas Article 8A of the EEC Treaty stipulates that the
                                                                        internal market shall comprise an area without internal
                                                                        frontiers in which the free movement of goods and
                                                                        persons is ensured and whereas therefore, the existing
                                                                        restrictions will no longer exist after 31 December 1992.
                          Article 1                                                              Article 1
 1.   Article 2 of Directive 69/169/EEC             is hereby            1.    Article 2 of Directive 69/169/EEC        is hereby
amended as follows:                                                      amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, '350 ECU' is replaced by '375 ECU';                  (a) in paragraph 1, '350 ECU' is replaced by '390 ECU';
                                                     P o i n t (b) u n c h a n g e d
 (2)   Article 7 (b) of Directive 69/169/EEC is hereby                   2.    Article 7 (b) of Directive 69/169/EEC is hereby
 amended as follows:                                                     amended as follows:
 (a) in paragraph 1 (a), '200 ECU' is replaced by '300                   (a) in paragraph 1 (a), '280 ECU' is replaced by '310
     ECU';                                                                   ECU';
                                            I n d e n t s (b) u n d (c) u n c h a n g e d
                          Article 2                                                               Article 2
 1.    Member States shall bring into force the measures                  1.   Member States shall bring into force the measures
 necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1                necessary to comply with this Directive not later than
 November 1987.                                                           two months after its adoption.
                                                   Paragraph 2 unchanged
                                                   Rest of text unchanged