SI – The Customs (Preferential Trade Arrangements: Error in Evidence of Origin) Regulations 2024
What is the content of the Customs (Preferential Trade Arrangements: Error in Evidence of Origin) Regulations 2024?
The Customs (Preferential Trade Arrangements: Error in Evidence of Origin) Regulations 2024 were laid on 21 February 2024.
This SI implements obligations of trade agreements that provide preferential customs duty treatment for UK goods exported to another country. Such contracts generally make this preferential duty treatment subject to the provision of evidence that shows that goods originate in the UK.
The SI concerns cases in which an agreement also obliges specific individuals (for example, a UK exporter) to notify other individuals (for example, an overseas importer) where evidence of UK origin that has been provided includes an error.
The SI lists the agreements in the Schedule where the obligation to give notice of error would apply. It also provides for administrative matters concerning the timing, form, manner, and content of the required notification to be set out in a public notice. The SI also includes provisions for a penalty to be chargeable in cases where an evidence provider fails to satisfy this requirement, as well as provisions concerning review of and appeals against any such penalty.
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