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1.6.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
147/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 504/2013
of 31 May 2013
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1225/2011 as regards the communication of
information for the purpose of relief from customs duty
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(3)
Those obligations which date from 1983 are no longer
necessary for the good management of imports with
relief of customs duties. Moreover they entail an
unnecessary administrative burden, both for Member
States and the Commission. Thus, in the interest of regu
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
latory simplification and rationality, the corresponding
Union,
provisions should be deleted or simplified.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 of
(4) Implementing
Regulation
(EU)
No
1225/2011
should
16 November 2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs
therefore be amended accordingly.
from customs duty ( 1 ),
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
Whereas:
accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee,
(1) Pursuant
to
Article
17
of
Commission
Implementing
Regulation (EU) No 1225/2011 of 28 November 2011
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
for the purposes of Articles 42 to 52, 57 and 58 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 setting up a
Community system of reliefs from customs duty ( 2 ),
Member States have to communicate information to
Article 1
the Commission in respect of the admission free of
customs duties of certain spare parts, components, acces
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1225/2011 is amended as
sories, tools and equipment exceeding a certain value or
follows:
price. The Commission has to forward the information to
the Member States. Pursuant to Article 18 of the said
Implementing Regulation that information is to be
examined periodically by the Customs Code Committee.
(1) Chapter VII is deleted;
(2) Pursuant
to
Article
20
of
Implementing
Regulation
(EU) (2) Article 20 is replaced by the following:
No 1225/2011 certain information set out in appli
cations for admission free of customs duty of goods
imported by or on behalf of scientific establishments or
organisations established inside the Union has to be
‘Article 20
communicated to the Commission by the Member
States to which the application has been submitted.
The competent authority of the Member State in which is
situated the establishment or organisation to which the
( 1 ) OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 23.
goods are consigned shall take a direct decision on appli
( 2 ) OJ L 314, 29.11.2011, p. 20.
cations under Article 19 in all cases.’.

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L 147/2
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Official Journal of the European Union
1.6.2013
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 May 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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