CHAPTER 1U.K.Release for free circulation
Article 201U.K.Scope and effect
1.Non-Union goods intended to be put on the Union market or intended for private use or consumption within the customs territory of the Union shall be placed under release for free circulation.
2.Release for free circulation shall entail the following:
(a)the collection of any import duty due;
(b)the collection, as appropriate, of other charges, as provided for under relevant provisions in force relating to the collection of those charges;
(c)the application of commercial policy measures and prohibitions and restrictions insofar as they do not have to be applied at an earlier stage; and
(d)completion of the other formalities laid down in respect of the import of the goods.
3.Release for free circulation shall confer on non-Union goods the customs status of Union goods.
Article 202U.K.Commercial policy measures
1.Where processed products obtained under inward processing are released for free circulation and the calculation of the amount of import duty is made in accordance with Article 86(3), the commercial policy measures to be applied shall be those applicable to the release for free circulation of the goods which were placed under inward processing.
2.Paragraph 1 shall not apply to waste and scrap.
3.Where processed products obtained under inward processing are released for free circulation and the calculation of the amount of import duty is made in accordance with Article 85(1), the commercial policy measures applicable to those goods shall be applied only where the goods which were placed under inward processing are subject to such measures.
4.Where Union legislation establishes commercial policy measures on release for free circulation, such measures shall not apply to processed products released for free circulation following outward processing where:
(a)the processed products retain their Union origin within the meaning of Article 60;
(b)the outward processing involves repair, including the standard exchange system referred to in Article 261; or
(c)the outward processing follows further processing operations in accordance with Article 258.