The Latest Brexit Resources: Customs, VAT, eCommerce and Supply Chains

Customs, VAT, and eCommerce

• Customs, VAT and Excise UK transition legislation from 1 January 202

• Notices to be made under The Customs (Origin of Chargeable Goods: Trade Preference Scheme) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

• Declaring reusable packaging for Great Britain imports and exports

• Delaying declarations for EU goods brought into Great Britain

• VAT and overseas goods sold directly to customers in the UK

• VAT and overseas goods sold to customers in the UK using online marketplaces

• How to report EU sales made on or before 31 December 2020 for VAT

• The eCommerce Directive after Brexit

• Registering and renewing.eu domain names in the UK

Northern Ireland, and Goods Regulations

• Notices to be made under the Customs (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

• Trading and moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland

• Moving goods into, out of, or through Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021

• Placing manufactured goods on the EU market

• Using the UKNI marking

• Using the UKCA marking

• Designated standards

• Textile labelling: Advice for manufacturers and retailers on textile labelling.

• Footwear labelling: Advice for manufacturers and retailers on footwear labelling.

• Meeting climate change requirements in 2021

Trade with EEA EFTA and Non-EU countries (including GSP)

• Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: arrangements from 1 January 2021

• Existing UK trade agreements with non-EU countries

• Trading with developing nations

• Trading under WTO rules

• The UK sanctions list

Travelling to the EU (including for work)

• Air, sea, road and rail transport between the UK and EU

• Passenger travel to the EU by air, rail or sea: Travel and passenger rights and the measures in place to minimise disruption.

Accounting and company registration

• Accounting for UK companies: How companies incorporated in the UK, or where the parent company is incorporated in the UK, can comply with UK accounting and reporting requirements.

• Changing your company registration from 1 January 2021: Find out if your business will need to change its company registration following the end of the Brexit transition, and how to do this.

Data and Intellectual Property

• Using personal data in your business or other organisation

• Intellectual property after 1 January 2021

• Retaining protection in the UK for EU Intellectual Property rights

• Access to copyright works for visually impaired people from 1 January 2021

• Changes to copyright law from 1 January 2021

Information for EU-National staff

•  National Insurance for workers from the UK working in the EEA or Switzerland: Check which country’s social security contributions you must pay if you’re a worker from the UK working in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland or Liechtenstein.

• EU Settlement Scheme: applying from outside the UK and EU Settlement Scheme: evidence of UK residence: Added information for if you’re applying as the family member of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen.

Haulage and Freight

• Moving goods through the Port of Holyhead with an ATA Carnet

• Get clearance to leave a UK port for commercial vessels

• Report goods arriving at a UK port on a commercial vessel

• Carry out international road haulage

• International road haulage: HGV driver documents

• Check which international road haulage permits you need

• UK Licence for the Community for international road haulage