BREXIT - CUSTOMS, VAT & EXCISE REGULATIONS - Leaving the EU with no deal

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Customs, VAT and Excise regulations: leaving the EU with no deal

This collection brings together regulations, explanatory memoranda, and an impact assessment in preparation for day 1, if the UK leaves the EU with no deal.

Published 27 November 2018
Last updated 4 December 2018 — see all updates

From:

HM Revenue & Customs

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Contents

1. The Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
2. The Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
3. The Customs Transit Procedure (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
4. The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018
5. Impact assessments

Details

The Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the future relationship between the UK and EU was endorsed by leaders at a special meeting of the European Council on 25 November. The government will lay these before Parliament ahead of the parliamentary debate and vote on the approval of these documents.

The Withdrawal Agreement sets out the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU and the Political Declaration sets out the framework for the future relationship between the EU and the UK.

The government does not want or expect a no deal scenario. However, it is the duty of a responsible government to prepare for a range of potential outcomes, including the unlikely event of no deal. In the event of leaving the EU without a deal, legislation will be necessary to ensure the UK’s Customs, VAT and Excise regimes function as intended after the UK leaves the EU and so, on a contingency basis, HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs will lay a number of Statutory Instruments (SIs) under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (TCTA) and the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 (EUWA).

As these SIs are laid they, and any accompanying documentation, will be published on this page. This will include an impact assessment, draft notices and public notices that will be made before exit, under these SIs and the TCTA respectively. In addition to this, as two of the SIs incorporate a number of documents by reference, these documents are also listed and linked below, beneath the SI to which they relate.

This legislation is designed to broadly replicate the current EU legislation and minimise disruption of a no deal scenario on the UK’s international trade. To further support this there are step by step guides to importing and exporting which explain the steps that businesses can take to prepare for a no deal scenario.

Statutory Instruments

SI 2018/1248 - The Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

SI 2018/1249 - The Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

SI 2018/1258 - The Customs Transit Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

SI 2018/1260 - The Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

SI 2018/1247 - The Customs (Temporary Storage Facilities Approval Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

SI 2018/1264 - The Wharves and Temporary Storage Facilities (Approval Condition and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

SI 2018/1265 - The Wharves, Examination Stations and Temporary Storage Facilities (Approval Conditions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The Value Added Tax (Disclosure of Information Relating to VAT Registration) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 No. 1228

The Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

1. Air transport costs to be included in the customs value
   • 27 November 2018
    
   • Statutory guidance
2. Fresh fruit and vegetables under Method 4 valuation
   • 27 November 2018
    
   • Statutory guidance
3. List of goods applicable to oral and by conduct declarations
   • 27 November 2018
    
   • Statutory guidance
4. Draft notices to be made under The Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
   • 30 November 2018
    
   • Guidance

The Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

1. Authorised use: eligible goods and authorised uses
   • 27 November 2018
    
   • Statutory guidance
2. Sensitive goods
   • 27 November 2018
    
   • Statutory guidance
3. Temporary Admission: eligible goods and conditions for relief
   • 27 November 2018
    
   • Statutory guidance
4. Draft notices to be made under The Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
   • 30 November 2018
    
   • Guidance

The Customs Transit Procedure (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

1. Draft notices to be made under The Customs Transit Procedure (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
   • 30 November 2018
    
   • Guidance

The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018

1. Draft public notices to be made under The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018
   • 30 November 2018
    
   • Guidance

Impact assessments

1. HMRC impact assessment for the movement of goods if the UK leaves the EU without a deal
   • 4 December 2018
    
   • Impact assessment

Published 27 November 2018
Last updated 4 December 2018 + show all updates