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title: "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3915/88 of 15 December 1988 laying down provisions for the implementation of Article 63c of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty"
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# Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3915/88 of 15 December 1988 laying down provisions for the implementation of Article 63c of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty

## Article 1 {#art_1}

This Regulation lays down provisions for the implementation of Article 63c of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83.

## Article 2 {#art_2}

The relief referred to in Article 63c of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 shall apply only to consignments sent by the ‘WHO Collaborating Centre for Chemical Reference Substances’ in Stockholm (Sweden) to consignees who are authorized by the competent national authorities to receive them duty free.

## Article 3 {#art_3}

Relief from import duties for consignments referred to in Article 63c of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 shall be conditional on the display, on packages containing reference substances, of:
— firstly, the stamp of the WHO Collaborating Centre referred to in Article 2 above,
— secndly, a label, a specimen of which is shown in the Annex to this Regulation, on which the box corresponding to chemical reference substances has been clearly marked with a tick.

## Article 4 {#art_4}

Relief shall extend to any special packaging which is essential to the transportation of chemical reference substances and to any requisite accessories which the consignments may contain.

## Article 5 {#art_5}

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 1988.
For the Commission
COCKFIELD
Vice-President
(1)  OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1.
(2)  OJ No L 123, 17. 5. 1988, p. 2.

## ANNEX {#anx_1}