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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1315/88 Article 31

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1315/88 Article 31

Article 31

The relief referred to in Article 29 (1) shall be limited, per consignment, to the quantities given against each of the goods listed below: (a) tobacco products: 50 cigarettes, or 25 cigarillos (cigars of a maximum weight of three grams each), or 10 cigars, or 50 grams of smoking tobacco, or a proportional assortment of these different products; (b) alcohols and alcoholic beverages: - distilled beverages and spirits of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 22 % volume; non-denatured ethyl alcohol of 80 % volume and over: one litre, or - distilled beverages and spirits, and aperitifs with a wine or alcoholic base, tafia, saké or similar beverages, of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 22 % volume; sparkling wines, liqueur wines: one litre, or a proportional assortment of these different products and - still wines: two litres; (c) perfumes: 50 grams, or toilet waters: 0,25 litre.' 4. Article 46 (1) is replaced by the following: '1. The relief referred to in Article 45 (1) shall, in respect of the goods listed below, apply subject to the following quantitative limits per traveller: (a) tobacco products: 200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos (cigars of a maximum weight of three grams each), or 50 cigars, or 250 grams of smoking tobacco, or a proportional assortment of these different products; (b) alcohols and alcoholic beverages: - distilled beverages and spirits of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 22 % volume; non-denatured ethyl alcohol of 80 % volume and over: one litre, or - distilled beverages and spirits, and aperitifs with a wine or alcoholic base, tafia, saké or similar beverages, of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 22 % volume; sparkling wines, liqueur wines: two litres, or a proportional assortment of these different products and - still wines: two litres; (c) perfumes: 50 grams and toilet waters: 0,25 litre; (d) medicinal products: the quantity required to meet travellers' personal needs.' 5. The following shall be added to the first indent of Article 49 (2): 'Member States may grant exemptions therefrom.' 6. Article 60 shall be replaced by the following: 'Article 60 1. Relief from import duties shall be granted in respect of: (a) animals specially prepared for laboratory use; (b) biological or chemical substances included in a list drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 143 (2) and (3), which are imported exclusively for non-commercial purposes. 2. The relief referred to in paragraph 1 shall be limited to animals and biological or chemical substances which are intended for: - either public establishments principally engaged in education or scientific research and those departments of public establishments which are principally engaged in education or scientific research, or - private establishments principally engaged in education or scientific research and authorized by the competent authorities of the Member States to receive such articles duty-free. 3. The list referred to in subparagraph 1 (b) may include only biological or chemical substances for which there is no equivalent production in the customs territory of the Community and which, on account of their specificity or degree of purity, are mainly or exclusively suited to scientific research.' 7. The following Titles shall be inserted: 'TITLE XIVa Instruments and apparatus intended for medical research, establishing medical diagnoses or carrying out medical treatment

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