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121D.—(1) The application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (Community Customs Code) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (implementation Regulation) in relation to any VAT chargeable on the importation of goods from places outside the member States is subject to the following prescribed adaptations.
(2) Regard—
(a)Articles 185 to 187 of the Community Customs Code (returned Community goods and returned compensating products), and
(b)Articles 844 to 856 and Article 882 of the implementation Regulation (returned Community goods and returned compensating products),
as only applying in the case and to the extent of a reimportation to the United Kingdom by the person who originally exported or re-exported the relevant Community goods or compensating products from the VAT territory of the Community.
That VAT territory is the territorial application of Council Directive 77/388/EEC in accordance with Title III of that Directive (territorial application).
(3) Regard the amount of the relief mentioned in Article 186 of the Community Customs Code (returned Community goods) as reduced by the amount of any unpaid VAT.
(4) Regard the amount legally owed in Article 187 of the Community Customs Code (returned compensating products) as reduced by the amount of any paid VAT.
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4)—
(a)“VAT” includes value added tax charged in accordance with the law of another member State (see sections 92(1), 92(2) and 96(1) of the Act);
(b)“unpaid” refers to any part of the VAT charged and due on—
(i)a supply or acquisition of the goods in a member State before the reimportation, or
(ii)an importation of the goods from outside the member States before the reimportation,
but repaid, remitted or otherwise not paid;
(c)“paid” refers to any part of the VAT charged, due and paid on—
(i)a supply or acquisition of the goods in a member State before the reimportation, or
(ii)an importation of the goods from outside the member States before the reimportation,
and without any actual, or prospect of, repayment or remission;
(d)a sum for which there is or was under the law of a member State an entitlement or right to a deduction or refund within Article 17 of Council Directive 77/388/EEC (origin and scope of the right to deduct) is neither “unpaid” nor “paid”.
(6) In the circumstances described by paragraph (7) or (8)—
(a)Articles 185 to 187 of the Community Customs Code (returned goods), and
(b)Articles 844 to 856 and Article 882 of the implementation Regulation (returned goods),
are excepted from the Community legislation which is to apply as mentioned in section 16(1) of the Act (application of customs legislation in relation to import VAT).
(7) These circumstances are that—
(a)the reimporter contemplated by those Articles makes a supply of, or concerning, the goods whilst under the inward processing procedure or in the course of, or after, the relevant exportation, re-exportation or reimportation,
(b)the place of that supply for the purposes of VAT is determined by or under section 7 of the Act (place of supply) as being outside the United Kingdom, and
(c)the goods nevertheless are or may be stored or physically used in the United Kingdom by or under the direction of that reimporter or the person to whom that supply is made (“recipient”).
For these purposes, “reimporter” and “recipient” include someone connected with either person or both persons as determined in accordance with section 839 of the Taxes Act.
(8) These circumstances are that the goods in question were supplied at any time to any person pursuant to regulations 131 to 133 (supplies to persons departing from the member States) or pursuant to any corresponding provision of the Isle of Man.
(9) For the purposes of the Articles of the Community Customs Code and implementation Regulation mentioned in paragraph (2)—
(a)regard the description of the customs territory of the Community in Article 3 of the Community Customs Code as being substituted with a description of the VAT territory (see paragraph (2));
(b)regard the following references as including a reference to the completion of the formalities referred to in Article 33a(1)(a) of Council Directive 77/388/EEC (formalities relating to entry of goods into VAT territory from territory considered a third territory)—
(i)“released for free circulation” in the definition of “Community goods” in Article 4(7), second indent and Article 185(1) of the Community Customs Code;
(ii)“entered” and “declared” for “release for free circulation” in, or for the purposes of, Articles 844(4), 848(1), 848(2), 849(1) and 849(5) of the implementation Regulation;
(c)regard the following references as including a reference to the completion of the formalities referred to in Article 33a(2)(a) of Council Directive 77/388/EEC (or to a declaration under those formalities) (formalities relating to dispatch or transport of goods from Member State to territory considered a third territory)—
(i)“customs export formalities” in Articles 844(1), 849(1), 849(2) and 849(3) of the implementation Regulation;
(ii)“export declaration” in Article 848(1) of that Regulation;
(iii)“customs formalities relating to their exportation” in Articles 844(4) and 849(1) of that Regulation;
(d)regard—
(i)the definition of “import duties” in Article 4(10) of the Community Customs Code as defining instead VAT charged on the importation of goods from places outside the member States in accordance with the Act; and
(ii)the references to “import duty” and “duty” in Article 185(1), second sub-paragraph, second indent and Article 187 of the Community Customs Code as references to such VAT.
(10) The references to Council Directive 77/388/EEC in paragraphs (2), (5)(d), (9)(b) and (9)(c) embrace relevant amendments up to and including 6th April 2006 only.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 121D inserted (6.4.2006) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/587), regs. 1(3), 4 (with reg. 1(4))
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