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BREXIT PREPARATION
The UK and the EU need to sign off on a Withdrawal Agreement with the extension date now being extended until January 31st. If the deal is not agreed the businesses will still need to prepare for a no deal.
Businesses are being advised to prepare for Brexit, and whilst the government are still working towards a Deal, it is pertinent that businesses should be planning for a No Deal scenario. BATF and the affiliated divisions are working on ways to help you to understand what this entails by simplifying and signposting you to relevant guidance.
Please see below links to updated guidance on IP, Legal Context, Custom Planning and ATA Carnets
*JUST ADDED* BREASE - Brexit, REach and Surface Engineering
Dave Elliot from the SEA adds his guide on how Brexit will affect REACH initiative and surface engineering
ATA CARNETS & BREXIT
Jonathon Crosbie, Senior Documentation Officer at Birmingham Chamber of Commerce has created this guide on ATA Carnets and Brexit
CUSTOMS PLANNING
Barbara Scott from Customs Associates Limited has created this guide to help with all the important aspects of importing, exporting and the potential change in tariffs
IP
Stephen Welfare from Royds Withy King talks about IP issues and how they may affect your business in a no deal Brexit scenario
LEGAL CONTEXT
This handy guide by MS LAW will give you the legal context of Brexit and what it means to you.
BREXIT CONTINUED...
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of what may apply to your specific product/business but is meant to act as guidance. Further industry specific guidance will follow in the coming days. Prepare your business for Brexit (https://www.gov.uk/brexit)
This document sets out in one place what will change if the UK leaves the EU without a deal and outlines what the Government is doing to get ready for Brexit on 31 October. No-Deal Readiness Report
Register for an EORI number.
Tointeract with UK Customs systems to import or export goods businesses will needan Economic Operator Registration Identification (EORI) number. http://www.gov.uk/eori
HMRC hasstepped up efforts to ensure businesses are ready to trade post-Brexit byautomatically enrolling companies in the Economic Operator Registration andIdentification system. More than 88,000 VAT-registered companies across the UKhave now automatically been allocated EORI numbers. If you areautomatically enrolled you will receive a letter informing you of this.
• If a business is not VAT-registered, it will still need to register for an EORI number. Information on how to register can be found here (https://www.gov.uk/eori)
• Getting an EORI number is one of the steps that businesses need to action urgently to be prepared for leaving the EU
• After getting an EORI number, businesses will need to decide whether to complete customs declarations themselves, or employ a customs agent to do this. As part of the £2.1bn announced on 31 July, they are doubling the support made available for customs agents to train new staff or invest in better IT so businesses can get the support they need to complete customs declarations. If employing a customs agent, businesses will need to supply their EORI number.
• Traders also need to decide whether to apply for Transitional Simplified Procedures to make it easier to import goods from the EU. Find out how to register here
• If businesses have been issued a UK EORI number by HMRC and then apply online, they will receive a message to say that they already have one
• HMRC advises businesses to contact HMRC if they are unsure. HMRC will be able to confirm whether a number has been assigned
EXPORTING AND EXPORT TARIFFS
Get your business ready to export
In the event of a no deal Brexit, exports to the EU will attract tariffs. For the complete list of WTO tariff rates in the event of a no deal scenario, BJGI members should contact: rebecca.gough@batf.uk.com or visit the WTO website (https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tariffs_e/tariff_data_e.htm)
IMPORTING AND IMPORT TARIFFS
Get your business ready to import
If the UK leaves the EUwithout a deal, you may need to pay different rates of customs duty (tariffs)on imports into the UK from the EU and the rest of the world. These rates willonly be applied if the UK leaves with no deal.
The temporary rates wouldbe in place for up to 12 months. The government will then introduce a permanenttariff regime following a public consultation.
Depending on where the goods come from, the tariff rate will either be a preferential rate or a non-preferential rate, which is also called a ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) rate. Read more here:
IMPORT GOODS USING TRANSITIONAL SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES IN A NO DEAL BREXIT
Make it easier to import goods from the EU in a no deal Brexit, by delaying your declaration and paying import duties and VAT. Learn more about Transitional simplified procedures (TSP)
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
The UK, as an EU member, participates inaround 40 trade agreements. Trade agreements that the UK is part of as an EU member statewill no longer apply if there’s a no-deal Brexit. The UK government is working on newagreements to replace EU trade agreements after Brexit. Read the latest guidance here: UK trade agreements with non-EU countries in a no-deal Brexit.https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries-in-a-no-deal-brexit
HM GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE
There are a series of guides forbusinesses that trade with the EU in the event of a no dealBrexit. These cover:
- Customs procedures
- Moving goods to the UK from the EU
- Claim VAT refunds from EU countries after Brexit
- UK product safety and metrology changes in a no-deal Brexit
- In a no deal scenario the UK would fall outside of the EU regulatory frameworks. You will need to take action to continue selling many manufactured goods in the EU, and may need to act to continue selling in the UK too.
- Placing manufactured goods on the EU market after Brexit
- Updates have been made to the customs processes you’ll need to follow if you move goods between Ireland and Northern Ireland; information about moving controlled and licensed goods, transitional simplified procedures and moving goods under transit have been added. Customs procedures for moving goods between Ireland and Northern Ireland in a no-deal Brexit
- Understand how to continue to access preferences where the UK has agreed trade continuity arrangements with partner countries, or through the UK’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). Proof of origin: trade continuity agreements and GSP
IP AND EU SETTLEMENT SCHEME
- IP And Brexit
- Apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (settled and pre-settled status) (www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families)
VAT
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the government’s aim will be to keep VAT procedures as close as possible to what they are now. This will provide continuity and certainty for businesses. However, if the UK leaves the EU with no agreement, then there will be some specific changes to the VAT rules and procedures that apply to transactions between the UK and EU member states. The government has taken decisions and actions where necessary in order to mitigate the impacts of these changes for businesses.
Thisnote summarises the main VAT issues that will affect UK businesses trading withthe EU in goods and services if the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.Although no changes will be made before then, this note highlights the VATchanges that businesses will need to prepare for when importing goods from theEU, exporting goods to the EU, supplying services to the EU, and interactingwith EU VAT IT systems such as the VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS).
You can also read the full UK withdrawal guide that is available on the European Commission website here.
TRADING CITES-LISTED SPECIMENS THROUGH UK PORTS AND AIRPORTS IF THERE'S A NO DEAL BREXIT
Designated land, sea and airports for trading or movingCITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives afterBrexit. Change made:- added a requirement to use the CHIEF system to importspecimens through the Eurotunnel.
For the latest guidance on trading and moving endangeredspecies protected by CITES if there is no withdrawal deal please see the following link:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/trading-cites-listed-species-through-uk-ports-and-airports-after-brexit?utm_source=d17c4b59-b2ff-44fd-947f-a90594a81de9&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate
MERCHANDISE IN BAGGAGE
There has been an update to the notice with regards to merchandise in Baggage, this relates in terms of transporting samples to and from the EU: Bringing merchandise from or to the UK in baggage or a small motor vehicle in a no-deal Brexit
Please note other useful links:
Getting help from third parties
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/appoint-someone-to-deal-with-customs-on-your-behalf
Deciding which customs procedures to use
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/customs-procedures-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal?step-by-step-nav=db1149f5-f60a-4d02-be0c-9c9db2828665
Common Transit Convention (CTC)
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-you-need-to-move-goods-between-or-through-common-transit-countries-including-the-eu
National Export System (NES)
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/export-declarations-and-the-national-export-system-export-procedures
Grants for businesses that complete customs declarations
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/grants-for-businesses-that-complete-customs-declarations
Help and support for traders when the UK leaves the EU
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/help-and-support-for-traders-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal
HMRC Customer Forum
https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/webchatprod/community/forums/list.page
Information videos for traders in a no-deal Brexit
Videos about trading with the EU in a no-deal Brexit; webinar abouttransitional simplified procedures has been added.
HMRC impact assessment for the movement of goods if theUK leaves the EU without a deal
HMRC’sthird edition of HMRC’s impact assessment for the movement of goods if the UKleaves the EU without a deal.
Statutory Instruments relating to Brexit
SI2019/1307 – The Cross-border Trade (Public Notices) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019has been added.
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