Article 1

Annex I, Part One, Section II, to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 shall be amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    point D.1. shall be replaced by the following:

    ‘1.Customs duty shall be charged at the flat rate of 2,5 % ad valorem on goods contained in consignments sent by one private individual to another, or contained in travellers’ personal luggage, provided that such importations are not of a commercial nature.

    This flat-rate 2,5 % customs duty shall apply, provided that the intrinsic value of the goods subject to import duty does not exceed EUR 700 per consignment or per traveller.

    Such flat-rate assessment shall not apply to goods for which the rate of duty in the schedule of customs duties is “free” and to goods of Chapter 24 which are contained in a consignment or in travellers’ personal luggage in amounts exceeding those laid down in Article 31 or pursuant to Article 45 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March 1983 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty3.’;
  2. 2.

    in point D.3. ‘Articles 29 to 31 and 45 to 49 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83.’ shall be replaced by ‘Articles 29 to 31 and 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83.’;

  3. 3.

    in point D.4. ‘EUR 350’ shall be replaced by ‘EUR 700’;

  4. 4.

    in point D.5. ‘EUR 350’ shall be replaced by ‘EUR 700’.