6879 of July 21, 1983 are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Article 3- A tax of one percent (1%) is established on the customs value of imported goods, which shall be paid at the time the corresponding customs declaration is settled.
From the proceeds collected under this concept, the Executive Branch shall allocate the sum of three hundred fifty million colones (350,000,000.00), through the National Budget, and shall transfer it through the Ministry of Finance, as a subsidy, in favor of the Technical Council for Medical-Social Assistance for the programs called Nutrition and Education Centers and Comprehensive Childcare Centers, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Health, in which priority shall be given to marginalized areas with the highest density of working women.
As of 1984, the sum cited in the preceding paragraph shall be adjusted by the same percentage or rate of annual increase of the total revenues received from this tax." "Article 4- The following are exempt from payment of the one percent (1%) tax established in the preceding article:
- a)The Export Processing Zone Regime, S.A., established in the Law of Export Processing Zones and Industrial Parks, No. 6695 of December 10, 1981, and its amendments.
- b)Self-management cooperatives, savings and credit cooperatives, service cooperatives, and workers' labor unions.
- c)State higher education institutions.
- d)Medical-surgical equipment, medicines, and raw materials for their domestic manufacture."