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6. Coloured samples containing specimens of woven textiles, leather or other materials to
show the nature and colour effect, provided that, owing to their size and nature, they can
be used only as samples or are rendered useless for other purposes; for example, by cuts or
perforations.
7. Samples of manufactured goods such as shawls, handkerchiefs, ties, stockings, footwear,
gloves, gaiters, serviettes, hats, etc., with deep cuts, or forming only half or a quarter of the
article and not capable of being used.
8. Samples of wood, stone, pottery, earthenware, china or glass, bearing several kinds
of design, sculpture, etc., on one article, which cannot be put to any other use.
9. Screws, rivets, nails, etc., buttons, buckles, hooks and, generally speaking, small
articles serving as ornaments or accessories in the clothing trade, affixed to cards containing
a single sample of each size and of each kind and constituting genuine collections of samples.
10. Small samples of essence of turpentine, colophony, tartar, wax or other products
in the raw state.
11. Samples of fruit essences, artificial dyes, etheric oils and chemical products, provided
there is only one sample of each kind and quality in every consignment and that the weight
or volume of these products does not exceed the limits fixed by the importing country as
compatible with the character of samples.
12. Samples of colours and inks for painting and drawing, in small tubes or bottles
of such small content that there is no possibility of their being sold.
Annex to Articles 1 and 2.
1. The Customs Administration may require that the articles be made useless by tearing,
perforation or other treatment, this operation, however, being carried out in such a way that the
said articles do not lose their value as samples.
2. The rules laid down in Articles 1 and 2 shall not apply to samples made up on behalf
of merchants or manufacturers in the country of import.
Article 3.
1. The High Contracting Parties agree to admit free of import duty catalogues, price¬
lists and trade notices imported in single copies, of whatever weight, whether accompanying the
goods or sent separately.
2. The following may be excluded from free admission, even if imported in single copies:
(a) Catalogues, price-lists and trade notices printed abroad on behalf of traders and
manufacturers established in the country of destination;
(b) Catalogues, price-lists and trade notices which do not clearly indicate the foreign
firm manufacturing or selling the goods.
Annex to Article 3.
1. Catalogues, price-lists and trade notices sent separately but simultaneously through
the post to different addresses shall be treated as consignments of single copies. They must,
however, be sent in this form from the place of origin.
2. Catalogues, price-lists and trade notices, accompanying the goods, the number of which
corresponds to the number of the articles packed together shall be treated as imported in single
copies.
3. Each of the High Contracting Parties shall be entitled to decide whether, and under what
conditions, exemption from Customs duty may be granted to consignments of a number of copies
of the same catalogue, price-list or trade notice sent to different addresses which are to be posted
in the country of destination and which arrive grouped together at the frontier.
Article 4.
The High Contracting Parties agree to admit free of import duty, without limitation of
quantity, printed matter and posters for propaganda (time-tables in book or poster form, guides,
pamphlets, folders, etc., illustrated or not, illustrated posters), the essential purpose of which is to
induce the public to visit foreign countries or localities, or fairs or exhibitions abroad, or to attend
meetings or events abroad of genuine public interest, provided that such documents are intended
for distribution free of charge and that they are obviously intended for purposes of general publicity.
Article 5.
The words “ import duties ” used in Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4, not only include Customs duties,
but also all duties and taxes which are payable at the time of and by reason of the importation
(i.e., interior taxes, excise duties, statistical taxes, import taxes, etc.).