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).

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

 

* This Article has been amended according to resolution of the High Council of Exports dated 19 March 2002, to read as follows: the exportation of all goods and services is exempted from lodging any exchange repatriation bond.