Public Notice 989 (Visits by Customs & Excise Officers)
was cancelled on 1 May 2013 and replaced by guidance on it's website. The website guidance refers only to VAT
officers and not International Trade (customs) officers but the structure and
process is virtually identical.
Update of the Scope of Preferential Trade Agreements
Friday, 19 April 2013 12:01
The EU has entered in to a number of preferential or free trade agreements whereby products originating in beneficiary countries can enter the EU free from duty or at a reduced rate. To originate in the beneficiary country the goods must meet a specific origin rule as prescribed by the customs classification of those goods.
The EU Commission made a proposal on 10 April to modernise ADD. The proposal must be approved by the Council and EU Parliament and is unlikely to become law before 2014.
There have been a number of significant developments to Inward Processing Relief (IPR) recently that impacts businesses ability for claiming duty relief.
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