EU exit corner, 20 May 2024

In this week’s EU exit corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications relevant to EU exit. The most recent Trader Support Service is also available. And finally, last week the UK’s Foreign Secretary and the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President published a joint UK-EU statement on the meetings of the Partnership Council and Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee. 

Latest meetings of the Partnership Council and Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee. 

Last week the Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron and European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič published a joint UK-EU statement on the meetings of the Partnership Council and Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee which took place in Brussels on Thursday 16 May. 

On the same day it was announced that the UK and EU also ratified a new set of arrangements which aim to ensure that Northern Ireland traders can fully benefit from the UK’s independent free trade policy. The deal means over 13,000 tons of lamb, beef, and poultry including from key Free Trade Agreement partners, such as Australia and New Zealand, will now be covered by UK tariff rate quotas. 

Miscellaneous updated guidance etc.  

Recently updated guidance, and publications relevant to EU exit are set out below:- 

• Search the register of customs agents and fast parcel operators; 

• UK customs office codes for the Customs Declaration Service; 

• Apply to use simplified procedures for import or export (C&E48); 

• Report a problem using the Customs Declaration Service; 

• Navigate the CDS Declaration Instructions for Final Supplementary Declarations (FSD); 

• Navigate the Customs Declaration Service instructions for inventory exports; 

• Navigate the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) Bulk Import Reduced Data Set (BIRDS) Declarations and Customs Clearance Request (CCR) completion instructions for inventory imports; and 

• Navigate the CDS Declaration Instructions for Exports.