The Trade Preference Scheme (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 10 Suspension or variation of GSP rate on certain goods

Goods Graduation – General Framework

22.—(1) The Secretary of State may publish a goods graduation notice, suspending the GSP rate on specified GSP goods originating from a GF country, where a Ground established in Schedule 3 applies.

(2) Schedule 3 has effect for the purposes of determining—

(a) the circumstances in which a goods graduation notice must be published;

(b) the contents of a goods graduation notice; and

(c) the period of suspension.

Trade Preference Safeguard Measure

23.—(1) The Secretary of State may publish a trade preference safeguard notice to apply a trade preference safeguard measure.

(2) Schedule 4 has effect for the purposes of determining—

(a) when a trade preference safeguard measure may be applied by way of publishing a trade preference safeguard notice;

(b) the contents of a trade preference safeguard notice; and

(c) the procedure for publication of such a notice.

Additional Import Duty

24.—(1) The GSP rate is suspended on GSP goods originating from a GSP country where additional import duty is applied to those goods, pursuant to a notice or regulations referred to in paragraph (2).

(2) The notices and regulations referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) a public notice published under section 13 of the Act (“dumping of goods, foreign subsidies and increases in imports”);

(b) regulations made under section 14 of the Act (“increases in imports or changes in price of agricultural goods”);

(c) regulations made under section 15 of the Act (“international disputes etc”); or

(d) regulations made under section 51, or section 56 of the Act that make provision for additional import duty.

(3) In this regulation—

(a) “additional import duty” means—

(i) an import duty applied to goods in addition to the standard rate of import duty; or

(ii) a tariff rate quota.

(b) “tariff rate quota” has the same meaning as given in paragraph 16(3)(b) of Schedule 5 to the Act, when applied to “relevant goods” as referred to in paragraph 16(2) of that Schedule.