Article 34–Article 35 · 2 articles
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Exemption of tobacco from customs duties
1. The annual period for calculating the maximum annual quantity of tobacco to be exempted from import duties when directly imported into the Canary Islands, as referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 shall run from 1 January of any year to 31 December of the same year.
2. The quantities of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco referred to in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 shall be converted into quantities of unmanufactured stemmed/stripped tobacco on the basis of the coefficients of equivalence set out in Annex VII to this Regulation for the products concerned.
Conditions for exemption
1. Importation of the products listed in Annex VII shall be subject to the presentation of a certificate of exemption. Box 20 of applications for certificates and certificates themselves shall contain one of the entries listed in Part J of Annex I.
Except where otherwise provided in this Regulation, Articles 3, 7 to 10, 12 and 16 of this Regulation, Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 179/2014 and Article 12(2) and Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 shall apply mutatis mutandis .
2. The competent authorities shall ensure that the products listed in Annex VII are used in compliance with the relevant Union rules, and in particular Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
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