
Article 1 
Annex I, Part One, Section II, to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 shall be amended as follows:

1.. point D.1. shall be replaced by the following:
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This flat-rate 2,5 % customs duty shall apply, provided that the intrinsic value of the goods subject to import duty does not exceed EUR 700 per consignment or per traveller.

Such flat-rate assessment shall not apply to goods for which the rate of duty in the schedule of customs duties is “free” and to goods of Chapter 24 which are contained in a consignment or in travellers’ personal luggage in amounts exceeding those laid down in Article 31 or pursuant to Article 45 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March 1983 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty.
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2.. in point D.3. ‘Articles 29 to 31 and 45 to 49 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83.’ shall be replaced by ‘Articles 29 to 31 and 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83.’;
3.. in point D.4. ‘EUR 350’ shall be replaced by ‘EUR 700’;
4.. in point D.5. ‘EUR 350’ shall be replaced by ‘EUR 700’.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 December 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 March 2008.
For the Council
The President
I. JARC