Week 26/21: Government law and guidance changes in Customs & Global Trade
A summary of EU, UK, German and Irish customs and trade laws, updates and guidance changes. Access all changes with a single click. Coverage: 28.06.2021-04.07.2021
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Changes to Customs and Global Trade Legislation of the European Union in Week 26/21
Changes to Customs and Global Trade Legislation and Guidance of the United Kingdom in Week 26/21
Ireland: Updates and Notification from the Irish Revenue
Germany: Updates from the German Zoll
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1. Changes to Customs and Global Trade Legislation of the European Union in Week 26/21
Every week we monitor changes with EU law so you do not have to. This week we look at the Offical Journal of the European Union, so you do not have to: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html.
The Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) is the main source of EUR-Lex content. It is published daily (from Monday to Friday regularly, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays only in urgent cases) in the official EU languages. It can be accessed here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html
It publishes EU law changes in the area of customs, trade, commercial policy, including trade agreements and export controls amongst many other areas. You can find the consolidated list of all weekly updates in this category on the expert blog:
https://www.customsmanager.org/customs-global-trade-blog/categories/law-update
The editions we looked at were:
30/06/2021L230L230IL231L232C256
28/06/2021L227L228C251C252C253 (autonomous duty suspensions, ADD China on steel)
02/07/2021L234L235C258C259C260C261
L = Legislation change
C = Information and Notices, with no legal character.
Not all editions cover customs, and global trade matters, so we have selected the ones that directly affect importers into the EU or exporters out of the EU, transport companies, customs brokers and anyone with an interest in customs and global trade. This analysis has been prepared by your team of dedicated Customs Managers to help you stay compliant.
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Tariff Suspensions
ADD
COVID-19 Export Controls
Export Controls
2021/C 251/07
2. Changes to Customs and Global Trade Legislation and Guidance of the United Kingdom in Week 26/21
Every week we monitor changes with UK law and guidance so you do not have to. This week we look at the legislation changes on www.legislation.gov and the changes to customs and global trade guidance on gov.uk
Making a delayed supplementary import declaration using CHIEF
Find out how and when to make a delayed supplementary declaration if you’re using simplified declarations to bring goods into Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from the EU.
Export controls and licensing
Notices made under the Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Notices made under the Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which have the force of law. Section 24 and 30 amended following changes relating to regulations 50 and 54 of the Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
Notice to exporters 2021/07: licences for strategically controlled items
11 June 2021
Guidance
Notice to Exporters 2021/06: F680 express applications
8 June 2021
Guidance
Notice to Exporters 2021/05: Export Control Order 2008 amendment
8 June 2021
Guidance
Notice to Exporters 2021/04: open general licences amended
7 June 2021
Guidance
UK and Singapore kickstart negotiations on cutting-edge digital trade agreement
The ambitious new digital trade agreement could remove barriers to digital trade and enable UK exporters to expand into high-tech markets.
Change made:
Planning your route before moving goods using transit
Plan the route your goods will take so you can make your transit declaration and support your haulier or carrier to move your goods quickly and compliantly.
Change made: Information about ‘Before you start planning your route’, ‘Find out where you can start your movement’, ‘Find out if you need to go to an office of transit’ and ‘Find out where you can end your movement’ has been updated.
Check if you can use transit to move goods to the EU and common transit countries
Use common transit, Union transit or Transport Internationaux Routiers (TIR) when exporting or taking goods out of the UK to move them quickly and delay duty until they reach their destination.
Moving your goods to common or EU transit countries
Check how to prepare your goods, complete the different declarations and plan your route if using common or Union transit.
Information about ‘Movements starting in Great Britain’ and ‘Movements starting in Northern Ireland’ has been updated.
Trading and moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland
How to prepare if you trade and move goods in and out of Northern Ireland.
Change made: Before you move goods section updated with information about the One Stop Shop (OSS) Union scheme and the VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) scheme.
Delaying declarations for EU goods brought into Great Britain
Check if you can delay sending HMRC full information about your goods by up to 175 days and the actions you need to take before the deadline.
Guidance updated to tell you when to get an EORI number, when you (or the person acting on your behalf) can apply for an account to defer duty payments, what to do if you’re VAT registered (whether you or another person completes your declarations) and how to adjust your estimated import VAT when completing your next VAT Return if you do declarations yourself.
Finding commodity codes for imports into or exports out of the UK
How to use the Trade Tariff tool or get help to classify your goods, so you pay the right Customs Duty and import VAT. Updated to include information about how to use the Trade Tariff tool to classify your goods correctly.
UK Singapore joint statement on the launch of negotiations on a Digital Economy Agreement
Joint statement from the UK and the Republic of Singapore on the launch of negotiations on a UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement.
1:58pm, 29 June 2021
Taking commercial goods out of Great Britain in your baggage
Check what you need to do when exporting commercial goods out of Great Britain in your accompanied baggage or small vehicle.
Change made: Information about what you’ll need to do when you leave Great Britain from 1 July 2021 has been added.
Sending goods to the EU through roll on roll off ports or the Channel Tunnel
Find out what to do if you use roll on roll off locations or the Channel Tunnel to transport goods to the EU from the UK.
Information about what evidence to retain when exporting excise goods using the Customs Supervised Export (CSE) simplification through a roll on roll off (RoRo) port has been added.
Receive goods into and remove goods from an excise warehouse (Excise Notice 197)
Find out the UK’s requirements for the holding and movement of excise goods in duty suspension within the UK and the EU.
Section 13.5 updated to include details about evidence required if you’re exporting excise goods under the local clearance procedure (LCP) or customs supervised export (CSE) authorisation via a roll on roll off (RoRo) port.
Exporting excise goods to the EU
From 1 January 2021, there will be changes to how you export and declare excise goods – alcohol, tobacco and certain oils.
Information about what evidence to retain when exporting excise goods using the Customs Supervised Export (CSE) simplification through a roll on roll off (RoRo) port
China Commercial Regulatory Update
Quarterly update produced by the British Embassy in Beijing on key commercial regulatory developments in China.
Updated China Commercial Regulatory Summary April – June 2021
Negotiations on the UK's Future Trading Relationship with New Zealand: Update
The fifth round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations with New Zealand took place between 8-16 June 2021.
UK and Gulf Cooperation Council Joint Trade and Investment Review 2021
The executive summary of the United Kingdom and Gulf Cooperation Council Joint Trade and Investment Review.
Subsidy control: designing a new approach for the UK
The government is seeking views on its proposed approach for establishing a bespoke UK-wide subsidy control regime.
Change made: Government response published.
EU e-commerce package
Find out about the EU’s e-commerce package that affects businesses or online marketplaces selling or supplying goods. More information on the One Stop Shop (OSS) Union scheme and the VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) scheme has been added.
Trade remedies notice: safeguard measures on certain steel products – application of tariff rate quotas
Page summary: Trade remedies notice of safeguard measures on certain steel products – application of tariff rate quotas.
Added trade remedies notice 2021 No. 1 and No. 2 which takes effect on 1 July 2021.
Apply to make a payment for outstanding delayed declarations
Use this form to give us information about any outstanding delayed import declarations so that you can pay customs charges due.
Making a delayed supplementary import declaration using the Customs Declaration Service Find out how and when to make a delayed supplementary declaration if you’re using simplified declarations to bring goods into Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from the EU.
The United Kingdom, CPTPP and the strategic tilt towards the Asia Pacific
Open editorial by Greg Hands MP, Minister of State for Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade, published by Diario Financiero newspaper in Santiago, Chile.
Notice to Importers 2950: Somalia import sanctions
Overview of import prohibitions in force on certain goods originating or consigned from Somalia that are imported into the UK, including Northern Ireland.
Notice to Importers 2949: Russia and Crimea import sanctions
Overview of import prohibitions in force on certain goods originating or consigned from Russia and Crimea imported into the UK, including Northern Ireland.
Change made:
Notice to Importers 2948: Libya import sanctions
Overview of import prohibitions in force on certain goods originating or consigned from Libya imported into the UK, including Northern Ireland.
The UK sanctions list
Find out which people, entities and ships are designated or specified under regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, and why.
Change made: Delisting made under Iraq regime and one amendment made under Russia regime.
Notice to Importers 2946: Iran (nuclear weapons) import sanctions
Overview of import prohibitions in force on certain goods originating or consigned from Iran imported into the UK, including Northern Ireland.
Notice to Importers 2945: North Korea import sanctions
Overview of import prohibitions in force on certain goods originating or consigned from the DPRK imported into the UK, including Northern Ireland.
Notice to Importers 2951: Syria import sanctions
Overview of import prohibitions in force on certain goods originating or consigned from Syria imported into the UK, including Northern Ireland.
Import controls
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
Change made: Added Notices to Importers 2945, 2946, 2948, 2949, 2950 and 2951.
Time updated:
How to complete a health certificate to export animals and animal products to Great Britain
Guidance for exporters in EU and non-EU countries on how to complete health certificates to export animals and animal products to Great Britain.
Updated to explain this guidance is for exporters in EU and non-EU countries who are exporting animals or animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.The guidance explains how to fill in a health certificate that must accompany exported goods.
TRA response to government decision on steel safeguards
The TRA has responded to the government’s decision on the UK’s steel safeguard measures.
Trade remedies notice: anti-dumping duty on certain cold rolled flat steel products originating in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation
Trade remedies notice for anti-dumping duty on certain cold rolled flat steel products originating in the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation.
Change made: Added the suspension notice TRN2021/04 which takes effect from 1 July 2021.
Trade remedies notice: anti-dumping duty on certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Belarus, the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation
Trade remedies notice of anti-dumping duty on certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Belarus, the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation.
Change made: Added the suspension notice 2021 No. 3 anti-dumping measure that takes effect from 1 July 2021.
Trade remedies notice: anti-dumping duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Brazil, Iran, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
Trade remedies notice for anti-dumping duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Brazil, Iran, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
Change made: Added suspension notice TRN2021/05 which takes effect on 1 July 2021.
Trade remedies notice for anti-dumping duty on certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the People’s Republic of China.
Change made: Added suspension notice 2021/06 which takes effect on 1 July 2021.
3. Ireland: Updates and Notification from the Irish Revenue
Irish Revenue is the customs authority of the Republic of Ireland. They apply the Union Customs Code and have several national systems which require regular updates. For our Irish subscriber or those trading with Ireland, we publish the latest changes published by the Irish authorities. We consult the following webpage for you, so you do not have to:
eCustoms Helpdesk Notification
eCustoms Helpdesk Notification Notification 42/2021
Since the 1st January 2021, customs formalities are required to move goods from Great
Britain (GB) to Ireland. This includes movements of goods to, or from, GB through
Northern Ireland (NI).
Revenue has added new information to the website outlining the customs formalities
required to move the goods from GB, through NI,to Ireland.
To move goods in this manner you will need to submit declarations to both Irish
Revenue and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) systems.
There are two customs clearance options when bringing goods from GB, through NI, into
Ireland.
You can complete the import formalities in Northern Ireland (NI) or use the transit procedure and raise a transit declaration in GB and complete the import formalities in Ireland.
Detailed information in relation to the customs requirements are set out at this link https://www.revenue.ie/en/customs-traders-and-agents/brexit/customs-declarationroles-and-responsibilities/importer/index.aspx
Exporting goods from GB through NI
The requirements for exporting goods from Ireland, through NI to GB are set out in
eCustoms Notification 07/2021, eCustoms Notification 29/2021 and at this link
https://www.revenue.ie/en/customs-traders-and-agents/brexit/customs-declarationroles-and-responsibilities/exporter/sending-goods-from-ireland-to-great-britain-gbthrough-northern-ireland-ni.aspx
Ireland: Export Licencing Unit
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Trade-Investment/Export-Licences/Exporter-Notifications/
4. Germany: Updates from the German Zoll and BAFA
German Zoll
German Zoll is the customs authority of Germany. They apply the Union Customs Code and have several national systems which require regular updates. For our German subscriber or those trading with Germany, we publish the latest changes published by the German authorities. We consult the following webpage for you, so you do not have to:
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