Attachment

In accordance with Article 24 (6) of the Istanbul Convention, the European Community hereby notifies the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council, as depositary of the said Convention, that:

• for the purposes of Article 8 of the Convention, the Community authorizes the transfer of the benefit of the temporary admission procedure to any other person, on the conditions set out in the said Article,

• for the purposes of Article 24 (7) of the Convention, the Community, as a customs or economic union, is competent for all the matters governed by the Convention, except:

  • determination of the duties, taxes, fees or other charges referred to in Article 1 (b) of the Convention other than Community customs duties, charges having equivalent effect to Community customs duties, agricultural levies or other import charges provided for under the Community's agricultural policy,

  • notifications pursuant to Article 30,

• for the purposes of Article 2 (2) and (3) of Annex A, the Community accepts temporary admission papers for temporary admission operations under its own laws and regulations and for customs transit,

• for the purposes of Article 4 of Annex E, the Community maintains a list of goods excluded from the benefit of temporary admission with partial relief, the content of which it will notify to the depositary of the Convention.

For the purposes of Article 18 of the Convention, the territory of the Community must be taken to be a single territory in respect of the matters within its competence, in accordance with the abovementioned notification pursuant of Article 24 (7) of the Convention.