The International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising Material is a 1952 United Nations multilateral treaty. States that ratify the treaty agree to allow product samples and advertising material into the county duty-free.
The Convention allows the duty-free importation of commercial samples that are determined to be of "negligible value". It also allows the duty-free importation of advertising material such as catalogues, price lists, and trade notices.
The convention was concluded in Geneva on 7 November 1952. It was signed by six states and entered into force on 20 November 1955. The convention was soon complemented by the Customs Convention Regarding the E.C.S. Carnets for Commercial Samples which entered into force on 3 October 1957 and then virtually superseded by the Customs Convention on the A.T.A. Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods in 1961.
As of 2013, the convention had 66 state parties.
See also
External links
- UN Treaty official website
- Certified english and french text of the convention, UN Treaty.
- Free Samples
- Indian treaty page
References
- "United Nations Treaty Collection".
- "Notification No. 154/94-Cus., dated 13-7-1994: Exemption to samples, price lists, commercial samples or prototypes imported as baggage or by post. Air or Courier service and prototypes of engineering goods imported as samples for executing or securing export orders". cbec.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015.
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