Convention on temporary admission:Annex B.6 Annex concerning travellers' personal effects and goods imported for sports purposes

Convention on temporary admission

Annex B.6 Annex concerning travellers' personal effects and goods imported for sports purposes

Geldend

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Chapter I. Definitions

Article 1

For the purposes of this Annex, the term:

a)

‘traveller’ means:

any person who temporarily enters the territory of a Contracting Party in which he or she does not normally reside, for the purposes of tourism, sports, business, professional meetings, health, study, etc.;

b)

‘personal effects’ means:

all articles, new or used, which a traveller may reasonably require for his or her personal use during the journey, taking into account all the circumstances of the journey, but excluding any goods imported for commercial purposes. An illustrative list of personal effects is reproduced at Appendix I to this Annex;

c)

‘goods imported for sports purposes’ means:

sports requisites and other articles for use by travellers in sports contests or demonstrations or for training in the territory of temporary admission. An illustrative list of such goods is reproduced at Appendix II to this Annex.

Chapter II. Scope

Article 2

Personal effects and goods imported for sports purposes shall be granted temporary admission in accordance with Article 2 of this Convention.

Chapter III. Miscellaneous provisions

Article 3

For the facilities granted by this Annex to apply:

a)

personal effects must be imported on the person or in the baggage (whether or not accompanied) of the traveller;

b)

goods imported for sports purposes must be owned by a person established or resident outside the territory of temporary admission, and must be imported in reasonable quantities in the light of their intended use.

Article 4

1

Temporary admission of personal effects shall be granted without a Customs document or security being required. However, in the case of articles which involve a high amount of import duties and taxes, a Customs document and security may be required.

2

Whenever possible, an inventory of the goods together with a written undertaking to re-export, may be accepted for goods imported for sports purposes, in lieu of a Customs document and security.

Article 5

1

Personal effects shall be re-exported at the latest when the person who imported them leaves the territory of temporary admission.

2

The period for the re-exportation of goods imported for sports purposes shall be at least twelve months from the date of temporary admission.

Article 6

The Appendices to this Annex shall be construed to be an integral part thereof.

Article 7

Upon its entry into force this Annex shall, in accordance with Article 27 of this Convention, terminate and replace the application of Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention concerning Customs facilities for touring, New York, 4 June 1954, in relations between the Contracting Parties which have accepted this Annex and are Contracting Parties to that Convention.

Appendix I. Personal effects

Illustrative list

1.

Clothing.

2.

Toilet articles.

3.

Personal jewellery.

4.

Still and motion picture cameras together with a reasonable quantity of film and accessories therefor.

5.

Portable slide or film projectors and accessories therefor together with a reasonable quantity of slides or films.

6.

Video cameras and portable video recorders, with a reasonable quantity of tapes.

7.

Portable musical instruments.

8.

Portable gramophones with records.

9.

Portable sound recorders and reproducers (including dictating machines), with tapes.

10.

Portable radio receivers.

11.

Portable television sets.

12.

Portable typewriters.

13.

Portable calculators.

14.

Portable personal computers.

15.

Binoculars.

16.

Perambulators.

17.

Wheel-chairs for invalids.

18.

Sports equipment such as tents and other camping equipment, fishing equipment, climbing equipment, diving equipment, sporting firearms with ammunition, non-motorised bicycles, canoes or kayaks less than 5.5 meters long, skis, tennis rackets, surfboards, windsurfers, hanggliders and delta wings, golfing equipment.

19.

Portable dialysis and similar medical apparatus, and the disposable items imported for use therewith.

20.

Other articles clearly of a personal nature.

Appendix II. Goods imported for sports purposes

Illustrative list

A

Track and field equipment, such as:

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hurdles;

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javelins, discuses, poles, shots, hammers.

B

Ball game equipment, such as:

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balls of any kind;

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rackets, mallets, clubs, sticks and the like;

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nets of any kind;

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goalposts.

C

Winter sports equipment, such as:

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skis and sticks;

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skates;

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bobsleighs;

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curling equipment.

D

Sports wear, shoes, gloves, headgear, etc. of any kind.

E

Water sports equipment, such as:

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canoes and kayaks;

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sail and row boats, sails, oars and paddles;

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surf boards and sails.

F

Motor vehicles and craft, such as:

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cars;

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motor bicycles;

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motor boats.

G

Equipment for miscellaneous events, such as:

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sports arms and ammunition;

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non-motorised bicycles;

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archer's bows and arrows;

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fencing equipment;

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gymnastics equipment;

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compasses;

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wrestling mats and tatamis;

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weight-lifting equipment;

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riding equipment, sulkies;

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hang-gliders, delta wings, windsurfers;

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climbing equipment;

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music cassettes to accompany the performance.

H

Auxiliary equipment, such as:

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measuring and score display equipment;

—

blood and urine test apparatus.

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