At the recent JCCC meeting representatives from HMRC and the Border Force expressed ‘broad dissatisfaction’ with the way the EU Commission has run the process to date.

Whilst the Regulations have been on the UK Statue book for some time it is the IA’s and DA’s that determine what we have to do day to day and these are still subject to revision.

DG TAXUD and the EU Commission did not share the IA’s and DA’s with DG Legal, DG Budget, DG Trade  and OLAF until a couple of months ago. These departments were unhappy with the text as it stood and some of the hard won facilitative principals and they threatened to block the whole thing (bear in mind we are only 9 months away from full implementation).

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CILT members will need to urgently review their needs, understand the likely changes and take immediate action in order to maintain the status quo let alone reap any applicable benefits from the new rules.   

Susan Morley MBA DMS FCILT FIFP(grad) LGSM, Director Morley Consulting Training Limited