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138. —U.K.
[F1(1) For the purposes of the Act the territory of the [F2European Union] shall be treated as excluding—
(a)Austria, Finland and Sweden (“the 1995 acceding States”),
(b)the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (“the 2004 acceding States”), and
(c)Bulgaria and Romania (“the 2007 acceding states”)
in relation to goods to which this regulation applies.]
(2) Subject to [F3paragraph (4)] below, the goods to which this regulation applies are—
(a)goods which are the subject of a supply made in an acceding State before [F4the date specified in paragraph (5)” and for “20th October 1995” substitute “the date specified in paragraph (6)] and which in pursuance of that supply are removed to the United Kingdom on or after 20th October 1995 being goods in the case of which provisions of the law of the acceding State in question having effect for purposes corresponding to those of subsection (6)(a) or (so far as it applies to exportations) subsection (8) of section 30 of the Act have prevented VAT from being charged on that supply, and
(b)goods which were subject to a suspension regime before [F5the date specified in paragraph (5)” and for “20th October 1995” substitute “the date specified in paragraph (6)], which by virtue of any [F2EU] legislation were to remain, for VAT purposes only, subject to that regime for a period beginning with that date and which cease to be subject to that regime on or after 20th October 1995.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) above, goods shall be treated as having become subject to a suspension regime if—
(a)on their entry into the territory of the [F2European Union]—
(i)they were placed under a temporary admission procedure with full exemption from import duties, in temporary storage, in a free zone, or under customs warehousing arrangements or inward processing arrangements, or
(ii)they were admitted into the territorial waters of the United Kingdom for the purpose of being incorporated into drilling or production platforms, for the purposes of the construction, repair, maintenance, alteration or fitting-out of such platforms, for the purpose of linking such platforms to the mainland of the United Kingdom, or for the purpose of fuelling or provisioning such platforms, or
(b)they were placed under any customs transit procedure in pursuance of a supply made in the course of a business,
and (in the case in question) the time that any [F2EU] customs debt in relation to the goods would be incurred in the United Kingdom if the accession to the European Union of the acceding States were disregarded would fall to be determined by reference to the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above.
(4) This regulation does not apply to the following goods—
(a)goods which are exported on or after [F6the date specified in paragraph (6)] to a place outside the member States,
(b)goods which are not means of transport and are removed on or after [F7the date specified in paragraph (6)] from a temporary admission procedure such as is referred to in paragraph (3)(a)(i) above, in order to be returned to the person in an acceding State who had exported them from that State,
(c)means of transport which are removed on or after [F8the date specified in paragraph (6)] from a temporary admission procedure such as is referred to in paragraph (3)(a)(i) above and which—
(i)were first brought into service before [F9the date specified in paragraph (7)], or
(ii)have a value not exceeding £4,000, or
(iii)have been charged in an acceding State with VAT which has not been remitted or refunded by reason of their exportation and to such other tax (if any) to which means of transport of that class or description are normally chargeable.
[F10(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (4) the specified date—
(a)in relation to the 1995 acceding states is 1st January 1995;
(b)in relation to the 2004 acceding states is 1st May 2004 ; and
(c)in relation to the 2007 acceding states is 1st January 2007.
(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (4) the specified date—
(a)in relation to the 1995 acceding states is 20th October 1995;
(b)in relation to the 2004 acceding states 1st May 2004 ; and
(c)in relation to the 2007 acceding states 1st January 2007.
(7) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c)(i) the specified date—
(a)in relation to the 1995 acceding states is 1st January 1987;
(b)in relation to the 2004 acceding states is 1st May 2006; and
(c)in relation to the 2007 acceding states is 1st January 1999.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 138(1) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(2)
F2Words in Regulations substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6
F3Words in reg. 138(2) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(3)(i)
F4Words in reg. 138(2)(a) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(3)(ii)
F5Words in reg. 138(2)(b) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(3)(ii)
F6Words in reg. 138(4)(a) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(4)(i)
F7Words in reg. 138(4)(b) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(4)(i)
F8Words in reg. 138(4)(c) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(4)(i)
F9Words in reg. 138(4)(c)(i) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(4)(ii)
F10Reg. 138(5)-(7) substituted for reg. 138(5) (1.1.2007) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3292), regs. 1, 5(5)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 138 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
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