TITLE IIRELIEF FROM IMPORT DUTY

CHAPTER XXVIIIFuel and lubricants present in land motor vehicles and special containers

Article 109

1

Member States may limit the amount of duty-free fuel allowed in the case of:

a

commercial motor vehicles engaged in international transport into their frontier zone to a maximum depth of 25 km as the crow flies, provided such journeys are made by persons residing in the frontier zone;

b

private motor vehicles belonging to persons residing in the frontier zone.

2

For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 1(b), ‘frontier zone’ means, without prejudice to existing conventions in this respect, a zone which, as the crow flies, does not extend more than 15 kilometres from the frontier. The local administrative districts, part of whose territory lies within the zone, shall also be considered to be part of this frontier zone. Member States may grant exemptions therefrom.