The Customs Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

• Citation: S.I. 2021/778
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Customs Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2021.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force the day after they are made.

(3) Regulation 2(3) comes into force on 1st July 2021.

Section 2 Modification of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing certain provisions of the Union Customs Code

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 104(5) , for “1 July 2021” substitute “1 January 2022”.

(3) After Article 245(2), insert—

(3) Until 1 October 2021, the lodging of a pre-departure declaration shall be waived in respect of:

(a) goods carried in RoRo vehicles;

(b) pallets, containers and means of transport where those items are—

(i) carried under a transport contract; and

(ii) to be removed from the customs territory of the Union to a place where, in relation to that territory, such a declaration was not required before exit day.

In this paragraph, “RoRo vehicle” means a wheeled motorised vehicle or a non-motorised wheeled trailer which may be attached to such a vehicle, which is driven onto, and off, a train or vessel which conveys the vehicle or trailer on board and where the vehicle or trailer is used for the purposes of freight transport.