제18664호                               관             보               2015. 12. 22.(화요일)
       (ii)       exemption from consular fees, customs duties, taxes and other charges of a
             similar nature other than those for storage, cartage and similar services, as well as
             from the requirements of obtaining import licenses, in respect of the importation of
             personal and household effects including one motor vehicle for each Representative
             and Staff member and other items for personal use only;
        (iii) exemption from special consumption tax and value added tax on one motor vehicle
             for each Representative and Staff member who does not import any motor vehicle into
             the Lao People's Democratic Republic, in case of a local purchase;
        (iv) exemption from the registration fees for the motor vehicles mentioned in (ii) and
             (iii) above;
        (v) permission to enter, leave and sojourn in the Lao People's Democratic Republic for
             the duration of their assignment therein, and the expediting and facilitation of the
             procedures for alien registration and exemption from consular fees;
        (vi) issuance of identification cards to secure the cooperation of all Lao Governmental
             organizations necessary for the performance of the duties of the Representatives and
             Staff;
        (vii) issuance of identification cards and special passes to enter airports beyond the
             passport control point to receive and send off missions of the EDCF; and
        (viii) expediting and facilitation of the acquisition of car driving licenses;
    (b) For the Office:
        (i) exemption from customs duties, taxes and other charges of a similar nature other
             than those for storage, cartage and similar services, as well as from the requirements
             of obtaining import licenses, in respect of the importation of office equipment and
             other articles, including telex machines, necessary for office activities;
        (ii) importation free of customs duties or purchase free of taxes in the Lao People's
             Democratic Republic of motor vehicles necessary for office activities, the number of
             which is to be agreed between the relevant authorities of the two Governments; and
        (iii) exemption from income tax and other fiscal charges imposed on or in connection
             with office expenses remitted from overseas;
    (c) Other measures necessary for the performance of the duties of the Representatives, Staff
        and Office.
3. The motor vehicles mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 6 shall be subject to the payment of
customs duties and taxes if they are subsequently sold or transferred within the Lao People's
Democratic Republic to individuals or organizations not entitled to exemption from such duties
and taxes or similar privileges.
4. The Representatives, Staff and their families as well as the Office importing goods free of
customs duties, taxes and other charges of a similar nature, in accordance with (a) and (b) of
paragraph 2 of Article 6, shall present details of such goods to the authority concerned of the
Lao Government to assist with import and re-export formalities.
5. The Representatives, Staff and their families as well as the Office may re-export, sell within
the Lao People's Democratic Republic or grant to the Lao Government on its approval the items
imported free of customs duties, taxes and other charges of a similar nature, in accordance with
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