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2ND MIPT: IRO SUB-GROUP: THE CONVENTION CONCERNING CUSTOMS FACILITIES FOR TOURING AND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF TOURIST PUBLICITY DOCUMENTS AND MATERIAL 1954
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1 THE CONVENTION CONCERNING CUSTOMS FACILITIES FOR TOURING 1954 (THE ''CONVENTION'') PROVIDES FOR THE TEMPORARY IMPORTATION FREE OF DUTIES AND TAXES, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF TOURISTS (ARTICLES 2). IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN QUANTITIES OF CIGARETTES, ALCOHOL AND SCENT (ARTICLE 3). IT FURTHER PROVIDES FOR THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF TRAVEL SOUVENIRS UP TO CERTAIN VALUES AND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS (ARTICLE 4). THE STATES PARTIES ALSO UNDERTAKE NOT TO INTRODUCE CUSTOMS PROCEDURES WHICH MIGHT IMPEDE INTERNATIONAL TOURING (ARTICLE 6), AND TO TAKE CERTAIN MEASURES RELATING TO CUSTOMS POSTS (ARTICLE 7).
2. THE UNITED KINGDOM RATIFIED THE CONVENTION ON 27 FEBRUARY 1956 (TEXT AT ANNEX A). THE CONVENTION ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1956, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 16. ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION PROVIDES THAT ''ANY STATE MAY, AT THE TIME OF THE DEPOSIT OF ITS INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION OR ACCESSION OR AT ANY TIME THEREAFTER, DECLARE BY NOTIFICATION ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS THAT THIS CONVENTION SHALL EXTEND TO ALL OR ANY OF THE TERRITORIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF WHICH IT IS RESPONSIBLE''. NO SUCH DECLARATION WAS MADE BY THE UK AT THE TIME OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'S RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION BUT THE UNITED KINGDOM DID MAKE SUCH A DECLARATION IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG ON 11 NOVEMBER 1960 (TEXT AT ANNEX B).
3. THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF TOURIST PUBLICITY DOCUMENTS AND MATERIAL 1954 (THE 'PROTOCOL '') PROVIDES FOR THE IMPORTATION FROM ANOTHER CONTRACTING STATE, FREE FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND IMPORT TAXES, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF CERTAIN TOURIST MATERIAL, SUCH AS LISTS OF HOTELS, GUIDES AND
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