Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (repealed)Show full title

Article 299

1. By way of derogation from Article 298, Control Copy T5 need not be used for the transport of materials for the maintenance or repair of aircraft either under the terms of exchange agreements or for airlines' own needs, by airlines engaged in international traffic.

In this case the goods shall be carried under an air waybill or equivalent document in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 298 (6).

2. The air waybill or equivalent document shall contain at least the following particulars:

(a) the name of the consigning airline;

(b) the name of the airport of departure;

(c) the name of the receiving airline;

(d) the name of the airport of destination;

(e) the description of the materials;

(f) the number of articles.

The particulars referred to in the preceding subparagraph may, alternatively, be given in coded form or by reference to an attached document.

3. The air waybill or equivalent document must bear on its face one of the following indications in block capitals:

• DESTINO ESPECIAL,

• SÆRLIGT ANVENDELSESFORMÅL,

• BESONDERE VERWENDUNG,

• ΕΙΔΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΟΟΡΙΣΜΟΣ,

• END-USE,

• DESTINATION PARTICULIÈRE,

• DESTINAZIONE PARTICOLARE,

• BIJZONDERE BESTEMMING,

• DESTINO ESPECIAL.

4. In each Member State each airline consigning or receiving the materials referred to in paragraph 1 shall make available to the competent customs authorities for the purposes of control the records provided for in Article 293 (b).

5. The consigning airline shall retain a copy of the air waybill or equivalent document as part of its records and shall, in the manner prescribed by the customs authorities of the Member State of departure, make a further copy available to the competent customs office.

The receiving airline shall retain a copy of the air waybill or equivalent document as part of its records and shall, in the manner prescribed by the customs authorities of the Member State of destination, present a further copy to the competent customs office.

6. The intact materials and the copies of the air waybill or equivalent document shall be delivered to the receiving airline in the places specified by the customs authorities in the airline's Member State of residence. The materials shall in addition be entered in the records specified in Article 293 (b).

The delivery of the materials and the copies of the air waybill or equivalent document and the entry referred to in the preceding subparagraph shall take place within five days of the date of departure of the aircraft carrying the materials.

7. The obligations arising under this Article shall pass from the consigning airline to the receiving airline at the time when the intact materials and copies of the air waybill or equivalent document are delivered to the latter.