CHAPTER VIIISPECIFIC PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ADMISSION FREE OF IMPORT DUTIES OF EQUIPMENT UNDER ARTICLES 51 AND 52 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1186/2009
Article 19
1.
In order to obtain admission free of import duties of equipment under Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, the heads of the scientific research establishments or organisations based outside the Union or their authorised representatives shall submit an application to the competent authority of the Member State in which the scientific research establishment or organisation based in the Union is situated.
2.
The application referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain the following information:
(a)
a copy of the scientific cooperation agreement between research establishments situated in the Union and in third countries;
(b)
the precise trade description of the equipment as well as the quantity and value thereof and, where appropriate, its presumed classification in the Combined Nomenclature;
(c)
the country of origin and of consignment of the equipment;
(d)
the place where the equipment is to be used;
(e)
the use for which the equipment is intended and the duration of its use.
F1Article 20
The competent authority of the Member State in which is situated the establishment or organisation to which the goods are consigned shall take a direct decision on applications under Article 19 in all cases.
Article 21
Article 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis.