OJ No. L 58 8.3.69
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Article 5
(1) Unless national provisions provide otherwise and where the conditions laid down in Articles 9 and 10 of the Treaty are fulfilled, goods deposited in free zones may be subjected there to treatment other than the usual handling referred to in Article 3 (b).
(2) Where goods referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are intended to be put on the market in the Community after treatment other than the usual handling referred to in Article 3 (b), such treatment may be carried out only after the goods in question have been taken over by the competent authorities and under conditions laid down by those authorities.
Article 6
The length of the period for which goods may remain in free zones shall not be restricted. However, where proved necessary by reason of the nature of the goods, the competent authorities may place a limit on such period and make all appropriate provisions for ensuring supervision of the restriction.
Article 7
Goods deposited in free zones must be capable of being transferred under the conditions of and in accordance with the procedure laid down by provisions imposed by law, regulation and administrative action.
Article 8
(1) Where goods deposited in free zones are put on the market, the customs duties, taxes having equivalent effect and agricultural levies payable on import shall be collected on the basis of the rates or amounts in force on the date of their being put on the market, in accordance with the kind of goods concerned and on the basis of their value for customs purposes, and of the quantity ascertained or accepted for this purpose by the customs service However, there must not be included in the value for customs purposes, the costs of warehousing and preservation of goods during their period in free zones payable by a purchaser, where the price paid or to be paid by that purchaser is used as the basis of assessment.
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(2) By way of derogation from paragraph 1, goods which have been subjected in free zones to treatment other than the usual treatment referred to in Article 3 (b) may be put on the market only under the conditions of and in accordance with the rules in force covering temporary import for processing.
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