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PART 2 U.K.Ongoing customs arrangements

CHAPTER 1U.K.Union Goods

Union goods regarded as domestic goodsU.K.

5.  Goods subject to Article 47 of the EU withdrawal agreement are to be treated as domestic goods for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act from the end of the movement referred to in that Article where that movement ends in the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 5 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

Time of start of a movement of goodsU.K.

6.—(1) For the purposes of Article 47 of the EU withdrawal agreement the following movements start at the time specified in a notice published by HMRC—

(a)goods moving from the Customs territory of the Union to the Customs territory of the United Kingdom;

(b)goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland; and

(c)goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.

(2) HMRC must publish a notice under paragraph (1).

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 6 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I4Reg. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

Requirement to provide evidenceU.K.

7.—(1) An HMRC officer may notify any person who claims that goods are subject to Article 47 of the EU withdrawal agreement to provide evidence that—

(a)the movement of the goods to Great Britain [F1or Northern Ireland] started before IP completion day; and

(b)the goods are Union goods.

(2) The evidence must be of the type and form provided by Article 47(2) of the EU withdrawal agreement.

(3) HMRC may publish a notice specifying the form in which the evidence is to be provided.

(4) HMRC must in, or with, the notification state when compliance is due by.

(5) A notification given under this regulation must be in writing.

(6) Where a person fails to provide evidence in relation to the goods as required by this regulation the goods are to be treated as chargeable goods under Part 1 of the Act.

(7) In this regulation “HMRC officer” means an officer of Revenue and Customs.

[F2(8) Paragraph (6) does not apply to goods removed to Great Britain from Northern Ireland.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 7 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I6Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

CHAPTER 2U.K.Goods Subject to Article 49 of the EU Withdrawal Agreement

Cessation of EU Customs Code: treatment as chargeable goodsU.K.

8.—(1) Subject to regulation 9, where the EU Customs Code ceases to apply to goods in Great Britain in accordance with Article 49(1) of the EU withdrawal agreement the goods are to be treated as chargeable goods for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.

(2) Where a requirement under the EU Customs Code has been met or not met in relation to the goods, any equivalent requirement imposed by or under the Act is to be treated as met or not met, as the case may be, in relation to the goods.

(3) Any approval or authorisation granted for a procedure under the EU Customs Code which existed immediately before IP completion day and applied in relation to the goods after IP completion day is to be treated as an approval or authorisation granted for the equivalent procedure by or under the Act.

(4) An approval or authorisation treated under paragraph (3) as granted is subject to such further conditions specified in or under the special procedure regulations.

(5) HMRC may amend the original conditions to which an approval or authorisation treated under paragraph (3) as granted is subject by notification to the person to whom the approval was granted as soon as reasonably practical after Article 49(1) of the EU withdrawal agreement ceases to apply.

(6) The treatment of goods under this regulation as chargeable goods does not—

(a)affect the application of the EU Customs Code to the goods prior to the EU Customs Code ceasing to apply in accordance with Article 49(1) or anything duly done or suffered under it;

(b)affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability, acquired, accrued or incurred in relation to the goods under the EU Customs Code or any enactment in relation to the EU Customs Code;

(c)affect any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of any offence under the EU Customs Code; or

(d)affect or prevent any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment.

Commencement Information

I7Reg. 8 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I8Reg. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

Cessation of EU Customs Code: treatment as domestic goodsU.K.

9.—(1) Where the EU Customs Code ceases to apply to non-Union goods [F3in Great Britain] as a result of the conditions in Article 322, 323, 323a or 324 of the IA being met, those goods are to be treated as domestic goods for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.

(2) Where the EU customs code ceases to apply to Union goods [F4in Great Britain] in accordance with Article 49(1) of the EU withdrawal agreement those goods are to be treated as domestic goods for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to Union goods that are subject to an EU end-use procedure at IP completion day.

(4) The treatment of goods under this regulation as domestic goods does not—

(a)affect the application of the EU Customs Code to the goods prior to the EU Customs Code ceasing to apply in accordance with Article 49(1) or anything duly done or suffered under it;

(b)affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability, acquired, accrued or incurred in relation to the goods under the EU Customs Code or any enactment in relation to the EU Customs Code;

(c)affect any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of any offence under the EU Customs Code; or

(d)affect or prevent any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation “EU end–use procedure” has the same meaning as at Article 210(c) of the UCC.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I9Reg. 9 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I10Reg. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

[F5Treatment of goods located in Northern IrelandU.K.

9A.(1) Non-Union goods subject to Article 49(1) of the EU withdrawal agreement are to be treated for the purposes of section 30A of the Act as imported into the United Kingdom as a result of their entry into Northern Ireland at the time the EU Customs Code ceases to apply to those goods in accordance that Article where—

(a)the goods are imported into the United Kingdom as a result of their entry into Northern Ireland before IP completion day; and

(b)the goods are in Northern Ireland when that Article ceases to apply.

(2) Non-Union goods subject to Article 49(1) of the EU withdrawal agreement are to be treated for the purposes of section 40A of the Act as removed to Northern Ireland from Great Britain at the time the EU Customs Code ceases to apply to those goods in accordance with that Article where—

(a)the goods were imported into the United Kingdom before IP completion day as a result of their entry into Great Britain;

(b)the goods are subject to an EU transit procedure at IP completion day; and

(c)the goods are located in Northern Ireland when that Article ceases to apply.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the EU Customs Code ceases to apply to non- Union goods in Northern Ireland as a result of the conditions in Article 322, 323, 323a or 324 of the IA being met.

(4) The treatment of goods under this regulation as imported into the United Kingdom or removed to Northern Ireland from Great Britain does not—

(a)affect the application of the EU Customs Code to the goods prior to the EU Customs Code ceasing to apply in accordance with Article 49(1) or anything duly done or suffered under it;

(b)affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability, acquired, accrued or incurred in relation to the goods under the EU Customs Code or any enactment in relation to the EU Customs Code;

(c)affect any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of any offence under the EU Customs Code; or

(d)affect or prevent any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment.

(5) In this regulation “EU transit procedure” has the same meaning as at Article 210(a) of the UCC.]

Declarations for exportU.K.

10.—(1) A declaration for the EU export procedure or an EU re-export declaration is to be treated as withdrawn on the expiry of the relevant time period in Annex III of the EU withdrawal agreement where—

(a)the goods declared in the declaration are located in Great Britain; and

(b)the declaration was made prior to IP completion day.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation—

EU export procedure” has the same meaning as it has in Article 269 of the UCC;

EU re-export declaration” has the same meaning as it has in Article 270 of the UCC.

Commencement Information

I11Reg. 10 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I12Reg. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

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