EUR-Lex - 31968R1496 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY SHALL COMPRISE THE FOLLOWING TERRITORIES :

_ THE TERRITORY OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM ;

_ THE GERMAN TERRITORIES TO WHICH THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY APPLIES EXCEPT THE ISLAND OF HELIGOLAND AND THE TERRITORY OF BUESINGEN ( TREATY OF 23 NOVEMBER 1964 BETWEEN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ) ;

_ THE TERRITORY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC , EXCEPT THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES ;

_ THE TERRITORY OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC , EXCEPTING THE COMMUNES LIVIGNO AND CAMPIONE D'ITALIA COMMUNES AND THE NATIONAL WATERS OF LAKE LUGANO WHICH ARE BETWEEN THE BANK AND THE POLITICAL FRONTIER OF THE AREA BETWEEN PONTE TRESA AND PORTO CERESIO ;

_ THE TERRITORY OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ;

_ THE TERRITORY OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS IN EUROPE .

ARTICLE 2

THE TERRITORIES SITUATED OUTSIDE THE TERRITORY OF MEMBER STATES AND COVERED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION SHALL , TAKING THE CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES APPLICABLE TO THEM INTO ACCOUNT , BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL NOT PREJUDICE THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF GERMAN INTERNAL TRADE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PROTOCOL ON THAT TRADE AND CONNECTED PROBLEMS , IN PARTICULAR GERMAN RULES ON GERMAN CUSTOMS-TERRITORY .

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL NOT AFFECT :

_ THE CUSTOMS SYSTEM APPLICABLE TO THE CONTINENTAL SHELF OR THAT APPLICABLE TO THE WATERS AND FORESHORES SITUATED BETWEEN THE COAST OR SHORE AND THE LIMIT OF TERRITORIAL WATERS ; OR

_ THE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMMUNITY RULES TO BE ADOPTED WITH REGARD TO FREE ZONES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 SEPTEMBER 1968 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . MEDICI

ANNEX

TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1496/68 OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1968

1 . GERMANY :

THE AUSTRIAN TERRITORIES OF JUNGHOLZ AND MITTELBERG AS DEFINED IN THE FOLLOWING TREATIES :

_ WITH REGARD TO JUNGHOLZ _ TREATY OF 3 MAY 1868 ( BAYERISCHES REGIERUNGSBLATT 1868 , P . 1245 ) ;

_ WITH REGARD TO MITTELBERG _ TREATY OF 2 DECEMBER 1890 ( REICHSGESETZBLATT 1891 , P . 59 )

2 . FRANCE :

THE TERRITORY OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO AS DEFINED IN THE CUSTOMS CONVENTION SIGNED IN PARIS ON 18 MAY 1963 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1963 , P . 8679 )

3 . ITALY :

THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO AS DEFINED IN THE CONVENTION OF 31 MARCH 1939 ( LAW OF 6 JUNE 1939 , N 1220 ) .