Hallo´le,

das fand ich im WWW dazu:

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Article 9 - conscience and religion
Main article: Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Article 9 provides a right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This includes the freedom to change a religion or belief, and to manifest a religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance, subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society"

Article 10 - expression
Main article: Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Article 10 provides the right to freedom of expression, subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society". This right includes the freedom to hold opinions, and to receive and impart information and ideas, but allows restrictions for:
interests of national security
territorial integrity or public safety
prevention of disorder or crime
protection of health or morals
protection of the reputation or the rights of others
preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence
maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary

Relevant cases are:
Lingens v Austria (1986) 8 EHRR 407
The Observer and The Guardian v United Kingdom (1991) 14 EHRR 153, the "Spycatcher" case.
Bowman v United Kingdom (1998) 26 EHRR 1, distributing vast quantities of anti-abortion material in contravention to election spending laws
Communist Party v Turkey (1998) 26 EHRR 1211
Appleby v United Kingdom (2003) 37 EHRR 38, protests in a private shopping mall
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Und das hier fand ich als Erklärung auf die Anbringung des gelben Stickers - ebenfals im WWW:

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I just came across your blog post regarding this yellow label on a parcel received from overseas.

Mine read “Goods not fulfilling the conditions prescribed by Articles 9 and 10 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community”.

I just wanted to let you know that these labels are sticked to parcels of goods that :
- do not originate from the EC (mine came from China)
- but are transported in Europe by some european operator (mine was carried by postnl)

It’s getting more common for european post operators to offer deals to chinese (and others) exporters, for cheaper delivery of their parcels inside EC.

The sticker means that, despite the parcel looking like it originates from the EU (as is mandated by european postal operators “peering” deals, I suppose), it does, in fact, not. As a consequence, the goods shall not be treated as “import tariffs free” (like intra european exchange, as explained by articles 9 and 10), and the receiving country shall apply any import duty just like it would have done if it was a direct import.

Of course for small parcels/values, they do not bother.

Since you’re the only reference to such thing I found googling it, you might want to update your blog entry for the poor souls looking for an answer ;)

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Es geht wohl darum, dass die Zeitschrift "Mycologia" zunächst in einem Sammelpaket in die EU eingeführt wird, um dann von hier als Einzelhefte an die Abonenten kostengünstig verteilt zu werden. Teurer wäre ein Versenden als Einzelheft aus den USA an die Abonenten. Das hat also nichts mit dem Inhalt der Mycologia, nichts mit der Mykologie zu tun. Uff, das beruhigt mich !-).

Ciao,
Guy