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The entry of used goods
1. Used motor vehicles including
roadbuilding machinery may be imported in conformity to the relevant law and the
executive ordinance thereof.
2.Second-hand equipment, appliances and machinery for use in
production line may be imported subject to the confirmation by the relevant
ministry dealing with production affairs.
3.In other cases, the importation of used goods shall be subject to
the approval of the Committee referred to in Article 1 of this ordinance.
Note. The Customs Administration
shall be required to valuate used goods under this Article on the basis of
similar new ones.
Article 43
The manner in which goods
1hat have been proclaimed as prohibited by resolutions of the Council of
Ministers may be imported
1.Primary materials, components, replacement parts, and technical
supplies needed by the country's industries, imported in the name In the
productive units, at the request of the relevant productive ministry, and the
discretion and approval of the committee indicated in Article 1, provided that
such goods are not domestically-produced to such a level in terms of quality and
quantity as to satisfy the industry's needs.
2.Goods in urgent demand by the Ministries and government
organizations at the discretion and with the approval of the committee indicated
in Article 1.
3.If covered by the prohibited tariff lines, used goods belonging to
representative offices abroad of Ministries and state organizations that are
being closed down, subject to the approval of the said Committee.
4. Sample of goods required broductive units and higher education
and research institutes, in such quantities that can be regarded as sample, at
the discretion of the Customs Administration of Iran.
5.Parts and accessories of
importable goods classified under prohibited tariff lines, provided that the
prohibited components and parts are entered together with, in the same number
as, or in proportion to the original goods. In the case of productive units, the
entry shall be permissible at the discretion and with the approval of the
productive Ministry concerned.
6.Foodstuffs required by the
foreign personnel employed by the contractors of the Ministries and governmental
organizations, in a reasonable quantity corresponding to their consumption, with
the approval of the Ministry of Commerce .
Article 44
The manner in which the funds indicated in Articles 19 and 20 of the Law are to
be spent, shall be determinded by the Council of Ministers on the recommendation
of the Ministry of Commerce.
Article 45
In preparation for the
enforcement of Article 22 of the Law, as of the beginning of the year 1994
(1373) the Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Mines, or of Cooperation, as
relevant, shall be required to issue carpet identification certificate for
carpets with a density of over 30 knots, to carpet exporters who apply for the
certificate. The following points should be provided for in the certificate:
1.Information concerning the particular piece of carpet, including
the place and date of weaving, name of the design, quality of the warp, weft and
pile, type of the knot, length, width, thickness, degree of the uniformity of
the edges, fastness of the colour, in Farsi, Arabic, English, French and German.
2.A clear colour photograph of the carpet in question should be
attached to the identification certificate.
3.Information indicated in paragraph 1 and the photograph in
paragraph 2 should be sealed by the Chambers and made into an inseparable set,
and delivered to the applicant.
Article 46
The following resolutions are hereby affirmed:
No 61012 dated 5.12.83 (15.09.62); No 60-4/4 MN dated 2.11.86 (12.08.65); No
89010/T810 dated 2.12.89 (12.09.68); No 81320/T 808 dated 2.12.89
(12.09.68); No. 45354/T 263/H dated 25.9.90 (14.07.69); No 122848/T191/K dated
22.12.90 (02.10.69); No 75457/T 549/H dated 18.3.91 (28.12.70); No 29731/T 456/H
dated 27.12.92 (07.10.71); No 3806/T 15222/H dated 15.7.95 (25.04.74); No 7227/T
14690/H dated 7.9.95 (17.06.74); No 9543/T 15785/H dated 27.10.95 (06.08.74); No
5493-74/M/T 13932/H dated 29.10.95 (08.08.74); No 10273/T 15785/H dated 10.11.95
(20.08.74); No 13111/T 16067/H dated 20.1.95 (01.11.74); No 12721/T 16151/H
dated 27.1.95 (08.11.74); No 15254/T 16220/H dated 9.4.96 (21.01.75); No
4397-75/M dated 12.10.96 (21.07.75); No 125421/20 T 17703/H dated 17.2.96
(29.11.75); No 50973 T 14443/H dated 25.5.97 (05.03.76); No 53630/T18088/H dated
6.7.97 (16.04.76); No 7473/T 18439/H dated 1.8.97 (11.05.76); No 64183/T 18570/H
dated 30.8.97 (09.06.76); No 64543/T 18586/H dated 5.9.97 (15.06.76); No
6326-76/M dated 7.12.97 (17.09.76); No 77137/T 19261/H dated 20.2.97 (02.12.76)
delete "exemption" and 5% ad valorem CBT); No 80698 dated 18.3.97 (28.12.76); No
4371/T 19557/H dated 4.5.98 (15.02.77); No 12981/T 19746/H dated 20.6.98
(31.03.77); No 21673/T 18709/H dated 29.6.98 (09.04.77); No 30918/T 19883/H
dated 25.7.98 (14.05.77); No 30919/T 19883/H dated 25.7.98 (14.05.77); No
35985/T 20035/H dated 23.8.98 (02.06.77); No 47058/T 20292/H dated 10.10.98
(19.07.77); No 45982/T 20311/H dated 11.10.98 (20.07.77); No 53812/T 20396/H
dated 9.11.98 (19.08.77); No 70427/T 20777/H dated 30.10.98 (11.11.77); No
78903/T 20628/H dated 5.3.98 (15.12.77); No 30081/T 18542/H dated 28.4.99
(09.02.78); No 8624/T 21282/H dated 28.5.99 (08.03.78); No 11273/T 21132/H dated
28.5.99 (08.03.78); No 11811/T 21142/H dated 30.5.99 (10.03.78); No 67027/T
19966/H dated 6.6.99 (17.03.78); No 33392/T 21860/H dated 9.10.99 (18.07.78); No
43155 dated31.10.99 (10.08.78).
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Note
Other resolutions concerning merchandise import and export
conditions, rebates or exemptions from customs duty and commercial benefit tax,
including prohibitions based on the law or otherwise not indicated in this
Article are hereby repealed.
Article 47
The following cases shall be exempted from lodging exchange
repatriation bond :
1.Goods of reasonable quantity dispatched to be displayed in foreign
exhibitions, at the discretion of the Ministry of Commerce.
2.Exporters exporting through valid irrevocable documentary credit.
3.Goods donated by Ministries, state institutions, and the Red
Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran to other governments with the
confirmation of the Minister or the highest authority concerned. Goods donated
by the Red Crescent Society to non-governmental public institutions in other
countries shall also be subject to this section.
4.Exporters of industrial machinery, home appliances and motor
vehicles up to 5% of the value of exported goods, with a view to meetingspare
parts
requirements as fulfillment of guarantee obligation. The exemption from lodging
exchange repatriation bond in respect of these exporters shall be applicable
only up to the time limit of the guarantee, and at the discretion of the
Ministry of Industries.
5.Exporters of handicrafts excluding carpets.
6.Samples of goods dispatched for marketing and export promotion
purposes, at the discretion of the Ministry of Commerce.
7.Exports of any kind of softwares, and electronic engineering
services, where requested by the exporter.
8.Dispatch abroad of books, films, audiovisual tapes, exposed slides,
promotional and non-promotional materials (including scientific, promotional
,cultural,
educational materials ,and brochures for introducing activities and products)
in a non-commercial nature, by executive organs and government institutions
,on the recommendation of the highest authority concerned, and in the case of
the private sector organizations and institutions on the recommendation of the
Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
9.Goods donated to Muslims abroad by Imam Khomeini (may his soul rest in peace)
Relief Committee, under the supervision of the Ministry of foreign Affairs
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