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Council Directive 2009/132/EC of 19 October 2009… Article 4

Council Directive 2009/132/EC of 19 October 2009… Article 4

Article 4

Exemption shall be limited to personal property which: (a) except in special cases justified by the circumstances, has been in the possession of and, in the case of non-consumable goods, used by the person concerned at his former normal place of residence for a minimum of six months before the date on which he ceases to have his normal place of residence outside the Community; (b) is intended to be used for the same purpose at his new normal place of residence. The Member States may in addition make exemption of personal property conditional upon such property having borne, either in the country of origin or in the country of departure, the customs and/or fiscal charges to which it is normally liable.

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