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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1224/2011 of 28 November 2011 for the purposes of Articles 66 to 73 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (codification)
Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1224/2011 of 28 November 2011 for the purposes of Articles 66 to 73 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (codification)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1224/2011 of 28 November 2011 for the purposes of Articles 66 to 73 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (codification)
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1224/2011 of 28 November 2011 for the purposes of Articles 66 to 73 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (OJ L 314 29.11.2011, p. 14) |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1224/2011
of 28 November 2011
for the purposes of Articles 66 to 73 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty
(codification)
TITLE I
SCOPE
Article 1
This Regulation lays down provisions for the implementation of Articles 66 to 73 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009.
TITLE II
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO IMPORTATIONS CARRIED OUT BY INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS
CHAPTER I
General provisions
Article 2
The admission free of import duties of articles referred to in Articles 67 and 68 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 shall entail the following obligations on the part of the institution or organisation to which they are consigned:
to dispatch the articles in question directly to the declared place of destination;
to account for them in its inventory;
to use them exclusively for the purposes specified in the said Articles;
to facilitate any verification which the competent authorities consider necessary in order to ensure that the conditions for granting admission free of import duties are satisfied, or remain satisfied.
The competent authorities may require that the statement referred to in the first subparagraph be produced for each import, or for several imports or for all the imports to be carried out by the institution or organisation to which the articles are consigned.
Article 3
For this purpose, the T 5 control copy shall include, in box 104 under the heading ‘other’, one of the entries listed in Annex I.
CHAPTER II
Specific provisions relating to the admission free of import duties of articles referred to in Article 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009
Article 4
Such application shall be accompanied by all information which the competent authority considers necessary for the purpose of determining whether the conditions laid down for granting admission free of import duties are fulfilled.
CHAPTER III
Specific provisions relating to the admission free of import duties of articles referred to in Article 68(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009
Article 5
The application referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain the following information relating to the article in question:
the precise trade description of the article used by the manufacturer, its presumed combined nomenclature classification and the objective technical characteristics indicating that it was specially designed for the education, employment or social advancement of handicapped persons;
the name or business name and address of the manufacturer and, if applicable, of the supplier;
the country of origin of the article;
the place of destination of the article;
the precise use for which the article is intended;
the price of the article or its value for customs purposes;
the quantity of the article in question.
Documentary evidence providing all relevant information on the characteristics and technical specifications of the article shall be furnished with the application.
Article 6
The competent authority of the Member State in which the institution or organisation to which the articles are consigned is situated shall take a direct decision on applications under Article 5.
Article 7
Authorisations for admission free of import duties shall be valid for a period of 6 months.
The competent authorities may, however, set a longer period in the light of the particular circumstances of each case.
CHAPTER IV
Specific provisions relating to the admission free of import duties of spare parts, components, specific accessories or tools under Article 67(2) and Article 68(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009
Article 8
For the purposes of Article 67(2) and Article 68(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, ‘specific accessories’ means items specially designed for use with a specific article for the purpose of improving its performance and scope.
Article 9
In order to obtain admission free of import duties of spare parts, components specific accessories or tools under Article 67(2) or under Article 68(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, the heads of the institutions or organisations to which the articles are consigned, or their authorised representatives, shall submit an application to the competent authority of the Member State in which the institution or organisation is situated.
This application shall be accompanied by all data deemed necessary by the competent authority for the purpose of determining whether the conditions laid down in Article 67(2) or in Article 68(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 are fulfilled.
Article 10
The competent authority of the Member State in which the institution or organisation to which such articles are consigned is situated shall give a direct decision on applications under Article 9.
TITLE III
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO IMPORTATIONS CARRIED OUT BY BLIND PERSONS AND OTHER HANDICAPPED PERSONS
Article 11
Articles 4, 8, 9 and 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis to exemption from import duties of the articles referred to in Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 imported by blind persons themselves for their own use.
Article 12
The following shall apply mutatis mutandis to exemption from import duties of articles imported by handicapped persons themselves for their own use:
Articles 5, 6 and 7 in the case of articles referred to in Article 68(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009;
Articles 8, 9 and 10 in the case of articles referred to in Article 68(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009.
Article 13
The competent authorities may allow the application provided for in Articles 4 and 5 to be in a simplified form, where it relates to items imported under the conditions referred to in Articles 11 and 12.
TITLE IV
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 14
Regulation (EEC) No 2289/83 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 15
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
Entries referred to in Article 3(2)
ANNEX II
Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2289/83 (OJ L 220, 11.8.1983, p. 15). |
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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1746/85 (OJ L 167, 27.6.1985, p. 23). |
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Point I.18 of Annex I to the 1985 Act of Accession (OJ L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 139). |
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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3399/85 (OJ L 322, 3.12.1985, p. 10). |
only Article 1 point 3 |
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 735/92 (OJ L 81, 26.3.1992, p. 18). |
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Point XIII A.II.4 of Annex I to the 1994 Act of Accession (OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 274). |
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Point 19.B.1 of Annex II to the 2003 Act of Accession (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 771). |
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1). |
only point 11.B.1 of the Annex |
ANNEX III
Correlation table
Regulation (EEC) No 2289/83 |
This Regulation |
Article 1 |
Article 1 |
Article 2(1), introductory phrase |
Article 2(1), introductory phrase |
Article 2(1), first indent |
Article 2(1)(a) |
Article 2(1), second indent |
Article 2(1)(b) |
Article 2(1), third indent |
Article 2(1)(c) |
Article 2(1), fourth indent |
Article 2(1)(d) |
Article 2(2) |
Article 2(2) |
Article 3(1) |
Article 3(1) |
Article 3(2), first subparagraph |
Article 3(2), first subparagraph |
Article 3(2), second subparagraph, introductory phrase |
Article 3(2), second subparagraph |
Article 3(2), second subparagraph, list of entries |
Annex I |
Article 3(3) |
Article 3(3) |
Article 4 |
Article 4 |
Article 6 |
Article 5 |
Article 7 |
Article 6 |
Article 10 |
Article 7 |
Article 13 |
Article 8 |
Article 14 |
Article 9 |
Article 15 |
Article 10 |
Article 16 |
Article 11 |
Article 17 |
Article 12 |
Article 18 |
Article 13 |
Article 19 |
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Article 14 |
Article 20 |
Article 15 |
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Annex II |
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Annex III |
( 1 ) OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 23.
( 2 ) OJ L 220, 11.8.1983, p. 15.
( 3 ) See Annex II.
( 4 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.