Annex B.1 Annex concerning goods for display or use at exhibitions, fairs, meetings or similar events

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a trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair, or similar show or display;

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an exhibition or meeting which is primarily organized for a charitable purpose;

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an exhibition or meeting which is primarily organized to promote any branch of learning, art, craft, sport or scientific, educational or cultural activity, to promote religious knowledge or worship, to promote tourism or to promote friendship between peoples;

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a meeting of representatives of any international organization or international group of organizations; or

5.

a representative meeting of an official or commemorative character;

except exhibitions organized for private purposes in shops or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign goods.

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goods intended for display or demonstration at an event, including the materials referred to in the Annexes to the Agreement on the importation of educational, scientific and cultural materials, UNESCO, New York, 22 November 1950, and to the Protocol thereto, Nairobi, 26 November 1976;

b)

goods intended for use in connection with the display of foreign products at an event, including:

(i)

goods necessary for the purpose of demonstrating foreign machinery or apparatus to be displayed,

(ii)

construction and decoration material, including electrical fittings, for the temporary stands of foreign exhibitors,

(iii)

advertising and demonstration material which is demonstrably publicity material for the foreign goods displayed, for example, sound and image recordings, films and lantern slides, as well as apparatus for use therewith;

c)

equipment including interpretation equipment, sound and image recording apparatus and films of an educational, scientific or cultural character intended for use at international meetings, conferences or congresses.

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the number or quantity of each article must be reasonable having regard to the purpose of importation;

b)

the Customs authorities of the territory of temporary admission must be satisfied that the conditions of this Convention shall be fulfilled.

a)

be loaned, or used in any way for hire or reward; or

b)

be removed from the place of the event.

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a)

small samples which are representative of foreign goods displayed at an event, including such samples of foods and beverages, either imported in the form of such samples or produced from imported bulk materials at that event, provided that:

(i)

they are supplied free of charge from abroad and are used solely for distribution free of charge to the visiting public at the event, for individual use or consumption by the persons to whom they are distributed,

(ii)

they are identifiable as advertising samples and are individually of little value,

(iii)

they are unsuitable for commercial purposes and are, where appropriate, packed in quantities appreciably smaller than the smallest retail package,

(iv)

samples of foods and beverages which are not distributed in packs as provided for in (iii) above are consumed at the event, and

(v)

the aggregate value and quantity of the samples are, in the opinion of the Customs authorities of the territory of temporary admission, reasonable having regard to the nature of the event, the number of visitors to it and the extent of the exhibitor's participation therein;

b)

goods imported solely for demonstration or for the purpose of demonstrating the operation of a foreign machine or apparatus displayed at an event and consumed or destroyed in the course of such demonstration, provided that the aggregate value and quantity of such goods are, in the opinion of the Customs authorities of the territory of temporary admission, reasonable having regard to the nature of the event, the number of visitors to it and the extent of the exhibitor's participation therein;

c)

products of low value used up in constructing, furnishing, or decorating the temporary stands of foreign exhibitors at an event, such as paint, varnish and wallpaper;

d)

printed matter, catalogues, trade notices, price lists, advertising posters, calendars, whethers or not illustrated, and unframed photographs, which are demonstrably publicity material for the foreign goods displayed at an event, provided that:

(i)

they are supplied free of charge from abroad and are used solely for distribution free of charge to the visiting public at the event, and

(ii)

the aggregate value and quantity of such goods are in the opinion of the Customs authorities of the territory of temporary admission, reasonable having regard to the nature of the event, the number of visitors to it and the extent of the exhibitor's participation therein;

e)

files, records, forms and other documents which are imported for use as such at or in connection with, international meetings, conferences or congresses.

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