CHAPTER IIU.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1 U.K. Obligations on the part of the establishment or organisation to which the goods are consigned

Article 2U.K.

1.The admission free of import duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials referred to in Article 43, 44(1) and 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, hereinafter referred to as ‘goods’, shall entail the following obligations on the part of the establishment or organisation to which the goods are consigned:

(a)to dispatch the goods in question directly to the declared place of destination;

(b)to account for them in its inventory;

(c)to facilitate any verification which the competent authorities consider necessary in order to ensure that the conditions for granting admission free of import duties are satisfied, or remain satisfied.

In addition, in the case of goods referred to in Articles 44(1) and 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, it shall entail the obligation on the part of the establishment or organisation to which the goods are consigned to use those goods exclusively for non-commercial purposes within the meaning of point (b) of Article 46 of that Regulation.

2.Heads of establishments or organisations to which the goods are consigned, or their authorised representatives, shall furnish the competent authorities with a statement declaring that they are aware of the various obligations listed in paragraph 1 and including an undertaking to comply with them.

The competent authorities may require that the statement referred to in the first subparagraph be produced for each import, or for several imports, or for all the imports to be carried out by the establishment or organisation to which the goods are consigned.

SECTION 2 U.K. Provisions to be applied where the goods are lent, hired out or transferred

Article 3U.K.

1.Where the first subparagraph of Article 48(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 is applied, the establishment or organisation to which goods are lent, hired out or transferred shall, from the date of receipt of the goods, comply with the same obligations as those set out in Article 2 of this Regulation.

2.Where the establishment or organisation to which the goods are lent, hired out or transferred is situated in a Member State other than that in which the establishment that lent, hired out or transferred the goods is situated, upon the dispatch of such goods the competent customs office of the Member State of dispatch shall issue a T 5 control copy in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 912a to 912g of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(1) in order to ensure that such goods are put to a use entitling them to continue to qualify for admission free of import duties.

For this purpose, the T 5 control copy shall include, in box 104 under the heading ‘other’, one of the entries listed in Annex I.

3.Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the loan, hire or transfer of spare parts, components or specific accessories for scientific instruments or apparatus, and to tools for the maintenance, control, calibration or repair of scientific instruments or apparatus, which have been admitted free of import duties under Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009.