11. 8. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 220/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2289/83 of 29 July 1983 laying down provisions for the implementation of Articles 70 to 78 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 establishing a Community system of duty-free arrangements THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March 1983 establishing a Community system of duty-free arrangements ('), and in particular Article 143 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 replaced, by Articles 70 to 78 thereof, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1028/79 of 8 May 1979 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of articles for the use of handicapped persons(?); whereas it is therefore necessary to substitute for Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2783/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1028/79 () a new Regulation laying down provi- sions for the implementation of Articles 70 to 78 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This Regulation lays down provisions for the imple- mentation of Articles 70 to 78 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83, hereinafter called ‘basic Regulation’. | CHAPTER 1 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO IMPORTATIONS CARRIED OUT BY INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANIZATIONS TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS A. Obligations on the part of the institution or organization to which the articles are consigned Article 2 1. The admission free of import duties of articles referred to in Articles 71, 72 (1) and (2) and 74 of the basic Regulation shall entail the following obligations on the part of the institution or organization to which they are consigned : : — to dispatch the articles in question directly to the declared place of destination, — to account for them in its inventory, — to use them exclusively for the purposes specified in the said Articles, — to facilitate any verification which the competent authorities consider necessary in order to ensure () OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 8. that the conditions for granting admission free of import duties are satisfied, or remain satisfied. 2. The head of the institution or organization to which the articles are consigned, or his authorized representative shall furnish the competent authorities with a statement declaring that he is aware of the various obligations listed in paragraph 1 and including an undertaking to comply with them. The competent authorities may require that the state- ment referred to in the preceding subparagraph be produced for each import, or for several imports or for all the imports to be carried out by the institution or organization to which the articles are consigned. B. Provisions to be applied where the articles are lent, hired out or transferred Article 3 1. Where the provisions of the first sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 77 (2) of the basic Regulation are applied, the institution or organization to which an article for the use of handicapped persons is lent, hired out or transferred shall, from the date of receipt of the article, comply with the same obliga- tions as those set out in Article 2. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 27.