Page 155 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 155

Overseas Post: Foreign Countries, contd.

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC (and West Berlin), contd.
Dutiable articles may lx: sent by letter and small packet post--up to S100
green label written in German or French and English required; thereafter top
green label and form C2/CP3.
Insurance: Limit S800
Invoice: An invoice in duplicate, must accompany all packets containing
articles liable to customs duty.
Prohibitions: Absinthe, lottery tickets, microbes, pools, advertisements and so
on not authorized in the Federal Republic; radio-active substances. For other
prohibitions, see under Parcel Post.
Restrictions: Cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, money, bank bills, letters of exchange
and so on; narcotics.
For other restrictions sec under parcel post.
Gifts may be sent in letter packets and small packets. They arc subject to the
same conditions as Gifts sent by parcel post.
Import Licences: See under parcel post.
Address: If the postcode is known it should be written to the left-hand side of
the name of the country.
Parcel Post
Surface \
Air /See Schedule of Overseas Surface and Air Parcel Post Rates.
Customs declarations: 1 form C2/CP3 and I despatch note CP2; written in

German or French and English. A separate set for each parcel.
Insurance: Limit S230
Invoice: An invoice, in duplicate, attached to the customs declaration, should
accompany parcels containing articles liable to customs duty.
Prohibitions: Absinthe, cocoa-beans, microbes, firearms, playing cards, cigars,
tobacco substitutes, live bees.
Restrictions: Plants, parts of plants and seeds, spirits, radio-active material,
firearms, Military materials.
Certain goods are subject to import licensing regulations.
Gift parcels are accepted without import licences if they do not contain items
such as sweetening substances or drugs for which there are special import regula­
tions.
Customs charges are not raised on private gifts provided:—
(i) the value of the parcel does not exceed 10!) DM; (about JS30)
(ii) the contents of the parcel are not intended for industrial or commer­
cial purposes;
(iii) The parcel does not contain extracts of tea or colfce or substi­
tutes; alcohol, tobacco products or cigarette papers.
Parcels addressed to needy persons are admitted free of customs duty provided
they contain only items of necessity.