# Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 of 16 November 2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (codified version), Article 74

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Subject to Articles 75 to 80, goods imported by State organisations or other charitable or philanthropic organisations approved by the competent authorities shall be admitted free of import duties where they are intended:
(a) for distribution free of charge to victims of disasters affecting the territory of one or more Member States; or
(b) to be made available free of charge to the victims of such disasters, while remaining the property of the organisations in question.
2. Goods imported for free circulation by disaster-relief agencies in order to meet their needs during the period of their activity shall also be granted the relief referred to in paragraph 1, under the same conditions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1186/article/74 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1186/article-74
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