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II SÉRIE — NÚMERO 64

Azores Air Command. The United States Forces will inform promptly the issuing authority of the date of actual service with an information copy to the Azores Air Command.

5 — Service of summons or notices on United States personnel who have left the Azores permanently will be accomplished in accordance with The Hague Convention on Service abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters, of November 15, 1965. Upon request, United States Forces, Azores will provide information available to it on the current location of such personnel.

Annex I Customs and fiscal regime

ARTICLE I Importations by the United" States Forces

1 — The United States Forces may import free of duty the equipment for the force and reasonable quantities of provisions, supplies and other goods for the use of the force as well as the civilian component and dependents pursuant to paragraph 4, article xi of the NATO SOFA.

2 — The Commander of the Azores Air Command and the Commander, United States Forces, shall collaborate as necessary to ensure that the quantities of provisions, supplies and other goods imported are reasonable.

ARTICLE II

Importations by the contractors

The right of duty-free importation referred to in article i shall also apply to equipment, supplies, materials and other goods imported into Portugal on behalf of the United States Government by a contractor for the construction, improvement, maintenance or operation of the agreed facilities, and shall be used solely for executing a contract for such forces. Such right of duty-free importation shall also apply to projects funded jointly by Portugal and the United States. The right provided by this paragraph shall apply for the duration of such contracts, and to subsequent exportation from Portugal. The United States shall require that contractors of the United States Forces shall use property imported under this article exclusively in the execution of such contracts.

ARTICLE III Processing of Imports

The imports covered by articles I and w will be

processed as follows:

a) Equipment, provisions, supplies and other goods imported in accordance with the previous articles will he accompanied by the form annexed hereto. The form will contain a general description of the imported goods which

will be classified into groups in accordance with a list to be provided to the United States Forces by the Azorean Air Command; b) A copy of the form will be delivered at the time and place of unloading to the competent customs authority, who will verify the number of packages and the respective identifying data, after which the material will be released to the United States military authority to whom it is addressed.

ARTICLE IV

Customs inspections

Customs inspections under this annex will be carried out in the agreed facilities by the Portuguese authorities in accordance with procedures mutually ■agreed between the Azores Air Command and the United States Forces.

ARTICLE V

Military post office

The property referred to in article i may not be sold or otherwise transferred to persons in Portugal not entitled to import such property duty free, unless such transfer is agreed upon by the appropriate Portuguese authorities. This rule will not apply to gifts for charitable purposes.

ARTICLE VI Military post office

1 — The United States Forces may establish a military post office in the agreed facilities, which may be used by United States military personnel, the civilian component and dependents for correspondence between the Azores and other United States post offices.

2 — Private parcel post items entering or leaving Portugal through the United States military post office are subject to customs examination by Portuguese authorities at the time of delivery to the addressee or at the time of mailing. Any such examination will be accomplisher with due regard to ensuring prompt delivery.

ARTICLE VII Exchanges and social and recreational centers

1 — The United States Forces may establish exchanges and commissaries, as well as social and recreational facilities, intended for use by members of the force or of the civilian component and dependents. Such organizations and activities are integral parts of the United States Forces and shall benefit from the same fiscal and customs exemptions accorded to those Forces.

2 — By mutual agreement between the Azores Air Command and the United States Forces Command, quotas on purchases by individuals may be estab-