Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 14th April 2021.

(3) In regulation 3, the amendments made by—

(a) paragraph (2), come into force on 3rd May 2021;

(b) paragraph (3), come into force on 30th April 2021;

(c) paragraph (8) come into force on 1st May 2021.

Amendment of regulation 4 of the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

2.  In regulation 4(5) of the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 2) (preferential quota), for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) the goods—

(i) are of a description which is classified under a commodity code in column 1 of the Preferential Quota Table; and

(ii) meet any conditions relating to the nature or identity of the goods that are specified in column 12 of the Preferential Quota Table; and ”.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

3.—(1) The table in Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 3) (which relates to agreements to which those Regulations apply) is amended as follows.

(2) In a new row to be inserted immediately above the entry in respect of the Trade Agreement establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Columbia, the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru, of the other part, signed on 15thMay 2019 (“the Andean Agreement”)—

(a) in the first column, above the entry in respect of the Andean Agreement, insert—

“Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Albania, signed on 5th February 2021. ”;

(b) in the second column, above the entry in respect of The Andean Countries Preferential Tariff, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020, insert—

“The Albania Preferential Tariff, version 1.0, dated 22nd March 2021. ”;

(c) in the third column, above the entry in respect of The Andean Countries Origin Reference Document, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020, insert—

“The Albania Origin Reference Document, version 1.0, dated 22nd March 2021. ”.

(3) In the row containing the entry in respect of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Cameroon concerning the arrangements for applying the effects of the Interim Agreement establishing an Economic Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the one part, and the Republic of Cameroon on the other part, signed on 28th December 2020—

(a) for the text in the first column substitute—

“Interim Agreement establishing an Interim Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the one part, and the Republic of Cameroon, on the other part, signed on 9th March 2021. ”;

(b) in the second column, for “The Cameroon Preferential Tariff, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020” substitute—

“The Cameroon Preferential Tariff, version 1.1, dated 22nd March 2021. ”;

(c) in the third column, for “The Cameroon Origin Reference Document, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020” substitute—

“The Cameroon Origin Reference Document, version 1.1, dated 22nd March 2021. ”.

(4) In the row containing the entry in respect of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the other part—

(a) for the text in the first column relating to that Agreement substitute—

“Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States( 4) , of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, signed on 22nd March 2019 by Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, the Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; on 1st April 2019 by the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; on 4th April 2019 by the Dominican Republic; and on 6th June 2019 by Antigua and Barbuda; and on 27th November 2019 by the Commonwealth of the Bahamas; and on 4th March 2021 by the Republic of Suriname; and applied between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, the Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Suriname, of the other part. ”;

(b) in the second column, for “The CARIFORUM Preferential Tariff, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020” substitute —

“The CARIFORUM Preferential Tariff, version 1.1, dated 22nd March 2021. ”;

(c) in the third column, for “The CARIFORUM Origin Reference Document, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020” substitute—

“The CARIFORUM Origin Reference Document, version 1.1, dated 22nd March 2021. ”.

(5) Omit the entire row containing the entry relating to the Memorandum of Understanding between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Saint Christopher and Nevis concerning the arrangements for applying the effects of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States of the one part, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the other part, signed by Saint Christopher and Nevis on 11th December 2020.

(6) In the row containing the entry in respect of the Agreement establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Central America signed on 18th July 2018, in the second column, for “The Central America Preferential Tariff, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020” substitute—

“The Central America Preferential Tariff, version 2.1, dated 22nd March 2021. ”.

(7) In the row containing the entry in respect of the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership, signed on 23rd October 2020, in the second column, for “The Japan Preferential Tariff, version 2.0, dated 29th December 2020” substitute—

“The Japan Preferential Tariff, version 2.1, dated 22nd March 2021. ”.

(8) In a new row to be inserted immediately above the entry in respect of the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, of the other part, signed on 8th December 2020 (“the Kenya Agreement”)—

(a) in the first column, above the entry in respect of the Kenya Agreement, insert—

“Agreement Establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, signed on 5th November 2019. ”;

(b) in the second column, above the entry in respect of The Kenya Preferential Tariff, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020, insert—

“The Jordan Preferential Tariff, version 1.0, dated 22nd March 2021. ”;

(c) in the third column, above the entry in respect of The Kenya Origin Reference Document, version 1.0, dated 29th December 2020, insert—

“The Jordan Origin Reference Document, version 1.0, dated 22nd March 2021. ”.

(9) In the row containing the entry in respect of the Trade Agreement establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Turkey, of the other part, signed by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Turkey on 29th December 2020—

(a) for the text in the first column substitute—

“The Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Turkey, signed on 29th December 2020. ”;

(b) for the text in the second column substitute—

“The Turkey Preferential Tariff, version 1.1, dated 22nd March 2021. ”

(c) for the text in the third column substitute—

“The Turkey Origin Reference Document, version 1.1, dated 22nd March 2021. ”.

Amendment of the Customs (Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

4.—(1) The Customs (Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 5) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 29 (proof of trade), in paragraph (1)(a), for the words from the beginning to “licence application” substitute “of goods for which the description as specified in the Goods Classification Table is the same as the goods which are subject to the quota in respect of which the licence application is made”.

(3) In Schedule 2( 6), for the table headed “Part B: preferential quotas”, substitute the table in the Schedule.

Regulation 4(3)

SCHEDULE Substitution of Part B table in Schedule 2 to the Customs (Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (“the Act”) as a consequence of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. They make amendments to the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. 2020/1457) to implement preferential customs import duty rates agreed under further free trade arrangements entered into between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the governments of other countries or territories. They also amend the Customs (Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. 2020/1432).

Regulation 2 substitutes sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 4(5) of S.I. 2020/1457to make it clear that any conditions that are specified in column 12 of the Preferential Quota Table in relation to particular goods must also be met in order for a preferential quota duty rate to be claimed in relation to the importation of those goods.

Regulation 3 makes further amendments to the table in Schedule 1 to S.I. 2020/1457which sets out the list of arrangements between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the governments of the other countries or territories to which the provisions of those Regulations apply. The table in Schedule 1 to S.I. 2020/1457was substituted by regulation 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. 2020/1657) which came into force on IP completion day and which was amended by the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. 2021/241). The following additional arrangements between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the governments of other countries or territories are, by this instrument, included in the table in Schedule 1 to S.I. 2020/1457:

• Partnership Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Albania, signed on 5th February 2021;

• Interim Agreement establishing an Interim Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the one part, and the Republic of Cameroon, on the other part, signed on 9th March 2021;

• Agreement Establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, signed on 5th November 2019.

In addition, regulation 3 amends the table in Schedule 1 to S.I. 2020/1457specifically for the purpose of including the Republic of Suriname among the list of countries that are applying the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Regulation 3 also corrects an error in the title of the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Turkey, signed on 29th December 2020, as this originally appeared in the first column of the table in Schedule 1 to S.I. 2020/1457. It also updates the Reference Documents associated with the free trade arrangements entered into by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with Central America, Japan and the Republic of Turkey.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 29(1)(a) of S.I. 2020/1432to clarify the specific goods, previously released for free circulation by an applicant for an import licence, that can be used to show proof of trade. The table in Part B of Schedule 2, which identifies preferential quotas commencing with the three digits “054” that are administered by licence, is substituted to make corrections identifying those preferential quotas to which proof of trade, reference quantity and certificate of authenticity requirements apply, as well as correcting the amount of security required for quotas 05.4306, 05.4307 and 05.4308. Quota 05.4324 is added to the table in consequence of the conclusion of the Partnership Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Albania signed on 5th February 2021.

These arrangements are available electronically at:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/customs-vat-and-excise-uk-transition-legislation-from-1-january-2021. Hard copies are held and available to view free of charge at the Department for International Trade, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW. A person unable to access these arrangements electronically can arrange access to a hard copy while government advice on social distancing and unnecessary travel applies, by telephoning the Department for International Trade on 020 7215 5000.

An Explanatory Memorandum is being published alongside this instrument and will be available onwww.legislation.gov.uk.

There is no significant impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies as this instrument broadly replicates the effect of European Union legislation.