No L 220/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 8. 83 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2290/83 of 29 July 1983 laying down provisions for the implementation of Articles 50 to 59 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty 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 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty ('), and in particular Article 143 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 replaced, by its Articles 50 to 59, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scien- tific and cultural materials (?) ; whereas it is therefore necessary to replace Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 () by a new Regulation laying down provi- sions for the implementation of Articles 50 to 59 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 50 to 59 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83, hereinafter referred to as the ‘basic Regula- tion’. TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS A. Obligations on the part of the establishment or organization to which the goods are consigned Article 2 1. The admission free of import duties of educa- tional, scientific and cultural materials referred to in Articles 51, 52 (1), 53 and 56 of the basic Regulation, o L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1. o L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. o L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. @) et 22z hereinafter referred to as ‘goods’, shall entail the following obligations on the part of the establishment or organization to which the goods are consigned: — to dispatch the goods in question directly to the declared place of destination, — to account for them in its inventory, — to use them exclusively for non-commercial purposes within the meaning of the second indent of Article 54 of the basic Regulation, — to facilitate any verification which the competent authorities consider necessary in order to ensure that the conditions for granting admission free of import duties are satisfied, or remain satisfied. 2. The head of the establishment or organization to which the goods 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 establishment or organization to which the goods are consigned. B. Provisions to be applied where the goods are lent, hired out or transferred Article 3 1.  Where the provisions of the first subparagraph of Article 57 (2) of the basic Regulation are applied, the establishment or organization to which goods are lent, hired out or transferred shall, from the date of receipt of the goods, comply with the same obligations as those set out in Article 2. 2. Where the establishment or organization to which goods are lent, hired out or transferred is situ- ated in a Member State other than that in which the establishment that lent, hired out or transferred the goods is situated, upon the dispatch of such goods to that Member State the competent customs office of the Member State of dispatch shall issue a Control Copy T No 5 in accordance with the rules laid down in Regu- lation (EEC) No 223/77 in order to ensure that such goods are put to a use entitling them to continue to qualify for admission free of import duties.