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AUGUST 4, 1921 FRENCH CUSTOMS REGULATIONS FOR AIRCRAFT* THE following French customs regulations for aircraftwere brought into force May r, 1921:— Article 8 of the Ministerial Decree under date of January 12, 1921, prescribes, in the case of foreign aircraft landing in France, the payment of Customs duties or the benefit of the regulations as to permit by bond or deposit of the taxes, and, in certain cases, benefit of the regulations of the tryptique. Payment of Duty.—All foreign aircraft landing in France are in principle liable to duty (Customs dues, turn over, etc) ; these must be paid obligatorily on all aircraft which are to remain in France. The duty is relatively high. Calculated according to a table established in 1913, it would come out at not less than2 >257 frs- in the case of a machine weighing 889 kg., and the sum due would be considerably higher for present-day machines, since some of these weigh several thousand kg. The duty is collected without appeal. In the case of machines which have become nationalised by payment of duty, a detailed permit may be issued by the Customs, which will guarantee re-importation duty-free after each flight abroad. Permit by Bond or Deposit of the Taxes.—These.regulations may be applied to foreign aircraft temporarily remaining in France, as for instance in the case of machines belonging to foreign Aerial Transport Companies running regular international services. The owners are entitled, at the Custom House of entry :— 1. Either to sign a permit by bond by which they undertake to re-export the aircraft within a given period, and, if this condition is not fulfilled, to pay the Customs duty applicable to such machines ; in addition they will then be liable to the penalties provided for such cases by the Customs laws. This undertaking is guaranteed by a security, i.e., by a third party, person or company known to and approved by the Collector of Customs. This party conjointly and severally undertakes the same liabilities and signs the permit by bond at the same time as the principal party concerned. 2. Or, if they cannot give a permit by bond, to pay the amount of the Customs duty, provisionally, into the collector's • Appendix II, R4sum( of Commercial Information, February, 19*1. funds, the collector to give them a receipt therefor. When the machine has returned abroad, and its departure from France has been duly certified by the Customs service, the sum deposited will be repaid to the owner. These regulations as to permit by bond or deposit of taxes are currently applied by the Customs to horses, vehicles, bicycles and automobiles. Tryptique.—Members of foreign air touring unions, which are duly approved, may, with respect to their aircraft, be authorised to benefit by the regulations of the tryptique. This privilege is exclusively reserved for associations of States which grant the same advantages to French nationals and requires a preliminary entente between the said associations and similar French associations. Under this system the foreign Union is considered to be the owner of the aircraft, and signs in its name the usual undertakings with regard to the French Customs. The French Union stands security for the said undertakings. In order to apply these regulations, the foreign Union issues its members a kind of voucher, which allows them to take their machines into France under the guarantee of the French Union. This voucher consists of 5 sheets (it originally only had three sheets, hence the name " tryptique "). The last three sheets, two of which give a description of the machine and the undertakings signed, remains with the owner ; the other two are detached by the Customs authorities, one (the 1st), when the machine enters France, the other (the second) when it leaves France, or rather by the foreign Customs when the machine returns to the State it started from. The Customs authorities when detaching sheets 1 and 2, examine and stamp on the third sheet the forms for the certificates of entry and leaving. If the third sheet to be detached on leaving does not reach the French Customs within the period fixed, the said Customs must apply to the foreign Union, which will request its member to forward the third part of the voucher, which will prove whether all is in order, or the reverse. The tryptique can only be made use of for a relatively small number of journeys ; it applies specially to private aircraft belonging to private individuals who wish to make a short stay in France. ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The notified :— following appointments are Wing-Com. C. D, BREESE, A.F.C.. from Headquarters, R.A.F., India, to command Aircraft Depot, India. Date 9.3.21. Wing-Com. C. G. S. Gould, from Aircraft Depot, India, to Headquarters, Middle East Area, for Technical Staff duties. Date 9.3.21. Wing-Com. S. A. Hebden, O.B.E., from No. 25 Squadron (Inland Area), to Island Area Aircraft Depot. Date 1.8.21. Sq./L. C. W. Nutting, D.S.C., from Mesopotamian Group H.Q. (attached), to H.Q., Middle East Area. Date 3.6.21. Squad.-Leader P. A. Shepherd from No. 202 "Squadron (Mediterranean Group), to Aircraft Dep6t, Egypt (M.E. Area). Date 16.5.21. Squad.-Leader K. Biggs, M.C., D.P.H. (Medical), from Headquarters, Coastal Area, to R.A.F. Central Hospital (Inland Area). Date 18.7.21. Squad.-Leader G. S. Trewin, A.F.C., from School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation, to Seaplane Training School (Coastal Area). Date 16.7.21. Wing-Com. J. N. Fletcher, A.F.C., from Inter-Allied Aeronautical Commission of Control (Austria) to Inter- Allied Aeronautical Commission of Control (Hungary). Date 2^.7.21. Wing-Com. J. E. A. Baldwin, D.S.O., O.B.E., from R.A.F. Depot (Inland Area) to No. 7 Group Headquarters (Inland Area), for " Air " Staff duties. Date 22.8.21. Sqdn. Ldr. A. S. Glynn, M.B. (Medical), to Headquarters (Inland Area), for duty as Deputy Principal Medical Officer. Date 12.7.21. y Sqdn. Ldr. A. L. Gregory, M.B.E., M.C., from-Iristrurnent Design Establishment (Inland Area) to Elec. and Wireless School (Inland Area) for Technical (Wireless) duties. Date 9-8.21. Sqdn. Ldr. W. S. Douglas, M.C., D.F.C., from School of Technical Training (Men) (Inland Area) to No. 6 Flying Training School (Inland Area), for Administrative duties.Date 22.7.21. Sqdn. Ldr. G. S. M. Insall, V.C., M.C., from School ofTechnical Training (Men) (Inland Area) to No. 6 Flying Training School (Inland Area), for Flying duties. Date22.7.21. Sqdn. Ldr. A. R. C. Cooper, from School of Photography(Inland Area) to School of Military Engineering, for R.E. Survey Tour. Date 27.7.21. Sqdn. Ldr. H. A. R. Aubrey, O.B.E., M.C., from AirMinistry (Director of Equipment) to R.A.F. Dep6t (Inland Area). Date 1.8.21. Sqdn. Ldr. H. E. J. Hewitt, from No. 1 Stores Dep6tto Air Ministry (Director of Equipment), for Staff duties. Date 1.8.2i. Sqdn. Ldr. W. J. Shields (Stores), from Aircraft Dep6t(India) to Aircraft Park (India). Date 15.4.21. Short Service Commissions : Extension of Service.— A limited number of officers who have been granted short service commissions (under the conditions of Weekly Order 781 of 1919, or of Air Publication 793) may be permitted to extend their period of service so as to complete 5, 6 or 7 years on the active list. Air officers commanding arid officers commanding inde- pendent formations are to forward, so as to reach the Air Ministry not later than December 1, 1921, lists of short service officers under their command who are desirous of extending their service. Applicants for extension will be selected according to the number of vacancies, and no guarantee can be given that every officer who applies will be accepted. Selected officers will remain liable for a period of four years' service in the reserve, and on passing to the reserve on completion of their period of active service they will receive the gratuity of ^75 for each year's service on the active list. 527
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