The Customs Tariff (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023

Amendment of the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

3.—(1) Schedule 1 (agreements to which these Regulations apply) to the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020(1) is amended as follows(2).

(2) In the row relating to the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Australia, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Australia Preferential Tariff, version 1.1, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(3) In the row relating to the Trade Continuity Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Canada—

(a) for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Canada Preferential Tariff, version 1.7, dated 5th December 2023.”;

(b) for the entry in the third column, substitute—

“The Canada Origin Reference Document, version 1.3, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(4) In the row relating to the Trade and Partnership Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the State of Israel, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Israel Preferential Tariff, version 2.4, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(5) In the row relating to the Agreement establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Lebanon, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Lebanon Preferential Tariff, version 1.4, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(6) In the row relating to the Additional Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality of Liechtenstein certain provisions of the Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation (“the Liechtenstein Agreement”), for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Switzerland and Liechtenstein Preferential Tariff, version 1.3, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(7) In the row relating to the Trade Continuity Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Mexican States, for the entry in the third column, substitute—

“The Mexico Origin Reference Document, version 1.2, dated 5th November 2023.”.

(8) In the row relating to the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The New Zealand Preferential Tariff, version 1.2, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(9) In the row relating to the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Singapore, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Singapore Preferential Tariff, version 1.6, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(10) In the row relating to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Southern African Customs Union Member States and Mozambique, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the other part, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique Preferential Tariff, version 1.6, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(11) In the row relating to the Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Switzerland and Liechtenstein Preferential Tariff, version 1.3, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(12) In the row relating to the Agreement establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Tunisia, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Tunisia Preferential Tariff, version 2.4, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(13) In the row relating to the Free Trade Agreement establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, for the entry in the second column, substitute—

“The Viet Nam Preferential Tariff, version 1.6, dated 5th December 2023.”.

(1)

S.I. 2020/1457. Schedule 1 was substituted by regulation 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2020/1657, and amended by S.I. 2021/241, 382, 527, 693, 871, 1192 and 1489 and 2022/174, 525, 613 and 899 and 2023/194, 195, 443, 774 and 1192.

(2)

The reference documents referred to in regulation 3 of this instrument are available electronically from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-documents-for-the-customs-tariff-preferential-trade-arrangements-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Hard copies are held and available to view free of charge at the Department for Business and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, London SW1A 2DY.