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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

illustrated or not, including those published by private

commercial enterprises, whose purpose is to stimulate

travel outside the country of importation.

f.

Publications

whose purpose is to stimulate study

outside the country of importation.

g. Manuscripts, including typescripts.

h. Catalogues of books and publications, being books and

publications offered for sale by publishers or booksellers

established outside the country of importation.

i. Catalogues of films, recordings or other visual and

auditory material of an educational, scientific of cultural

character, being catalogues issued by or on behalf of the

United Nations or any of its Specialized Agencies.

j. Music in manuscript or printed form, or reproduced by

duplicating processes other than printing.

k. Geographical, hydrographical or astronomical maps

and charts.

l.

Architectural,

industrial

or

engineering

plans

and

designs, and reproductions thereof, intended for study in

scientific

establishments

or

educational

institutions

approved by the competent authorities of the importing

country for the purpose of duty-free admission of these

types of articles.

(The exemptions provided by Annex A shall not apply to:

a. Stationery;

b.

Books,

publications

and

documents

(except

catalogues, travel posters and travel literature, referred to

above)

published

by

or

for

a

private

commercial

enterprise, essentially for advertising purposes;

c. Newspapers and periodicals in which the advertising

matter is in excess of 70 per cent by space;

d. All other items (except catalogues referred to above) in

which the advertising matter is in excess of 25 per cent by

space. In the case of travel posters and literature, this

percentage

shall

apply

only

to

private

commercial

advertising matter.

Annex B

Works of art and collectors' pieces of an educational,

scientific or cultural character

a. Paintings and drawings, including copies, executed

entirely by hand, but excluding manufactured decorated

wares.

b.

Hand-printed

impressions,

produced

from

hand-engraved or hand-etched blocks, plates or other

material, and signed and numbered by the artist. EcIaTA

c. Original works of art of statuary or sculpture, whether in

the

round,

in

relief,

or

in

intaglio,

excluding

mass-produced reproductions and works of conventional

craftsmanship of a commercial character.

d. Collectors' pieces and objects of art consigned to public

galleries,

museums

and

other

public

institutions,

approved by the competent authorities of the importing

country for the purpose of duty-free entry of these types

of articles, not intended for resale.

e. Collections and collectors' pieces in such scientific

fields

as

anatomy,

zoology,

botany,

mineralogy,

palaeontology,

archaeology

and

ethnography,

not

intended for resale.

f. Antiques, being articles in excess of 100 years of age.

TaHIDS

Annex C

Visual and auditory materials of an educational, scientific

or cultural character

a.

Films,

film

strips,

microfilms

and

slides,

of

an

educational,

scientific

or

cultural

character,

when

imported by organizations (including, at the discretion of

the

importing

country,

broadcasting

organizations),

approved by the competent authorities of the importing

country for the purpose of duty-free admission of these

types

of

articles,

exclusively

for

exhibition

by these

organizations or by other public or private educational,

scientific or cultural institutions or societies approved by

the aforesaid authorities.

b. Newsreels (with or without sound track), depicting

events of current news value at the time of importation,

and imported in either negative form, exposed and

developed, or positive form, printed and developed, when

imported by organizations (including, at the discretion of

the

importing

country,

broadcasting

organizations)

approved by the competent authorities of the importing

country for the purpose of duty-free admission of such

films, provided that free entry may be limited to two

copies of each subject for copying purposes.

c.

Sound

recordings

of an educational, scientific or

cultural character for use exclusively in public or private

educational, scientific or cultural institutions or societies

(including, at the discretion of the importing country,

broadcasting organizations) approved by the competent

authorities of the importing country for the purpose of

duty-free admission of these types of articles.

d. Films, film strips, microfilms and sound recordings of

an educational, scientific or cultural character produced

by the United Nations or any of its Specialized Agencies.

e. Patterns, models and wall charts for use exclusively for

demonstrating and teaching purposes in public or private

educational, scientific or cultural institutions approved by

the competent authorities of the importing country for

the purpose of duty-free admission of these types of

articles. cCAIES

Annex D

Scientific instruments or apparatus

Scientific instruments or apparatus, intended exclusively

for

educational purposes or pure scientific research,

provided:

a. That such scientific instruments or apparatus are

consigned to public or private scientific or educational

institutions approved by the competent authorities of the

importing country for the purpose of duty-free entry of

these types of articles, and used under the control and

responsibility of these institutions;

b. That instruments or apparatus of equivalent scientific

value are not being manufactured in the country of

importation.

Annex E

Articles for the blind

a. Books, publications and documents of all kinds in

raised characters for the blind.

b. Other articles specially designed for the educational,

scientific or cultural advancement of the blind, which are

imported

directly

by

institutions

or

organizations

concerned with the welfare of the blind, approved by the

competent authorities of the importing country for the

purpose of duty-free entry of these types of articles.

Protocol annexed to the Agreement on the Importation

of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials

The contracting States,

In the interest of facilitating the participation of the

United States of America in the Agreement on the

Importation

of

Educational,

Scientific

and

Cultural

Materials, have agreed to the following:

1. The United States of America shall have the option of

ratifying this Agreement, under Article IX, or of accepting

it, under Article X, with the inclusion of the reservation

hereunder. LLpr

2. In the event of the United States of America becoming

Party to this Agreement with the reservation provided for

in the preceding paragraph 1, the provisions of that

reservation may be invoked by the Government of the

United States of America with regard to any of the

contracting

States

to

this

Agreement,

or

by

any

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