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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1988-355/annex-B.2/division-5/division-2/division-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1988-355/annex-B.2/division-5/division-2/division-15.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1988/355",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 7 June 1988 accepting, on behalf of the Community, Annex B.2 to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (88/355/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1988-355",
  "path": "annex/B.2/division/5/division/2/division/15",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Recommended practice",
  "text": "The following should be regarded as samples of no commercial value:\n(a) raw materials and products of such dimensions that they are useless except for purposes of demonstration;\n(b) articles of non-precious materials affixed to cards or put up as samples in the manner usual in the trade, provided that there is not more than one of each size or kind;\n(c) raw materials and products, and articles of such materials or products, rendered useless, except for purposes of demonstration, by slashing, perforation, indelible marking or by any other effective method;\n(d) products which cannot be put up as samples of no commercial value in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (c) and which consist of:\n(i) non-consumable goods of an individual value not exceeding US $ 5, and provided there is not more than one sample of each kind or quality;\n(ii) consumable goods of an individual value not exceeding US $ 5, even if they consist wholly or partly of samples of the same kind or quality, provided the quantity and the manner in which they are put up preclude their being used otherwise than as samples.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1988/355/annex/B.2/division/5/division/2/division/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:20:08.010803+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}