Customs changes at Shannon Free Zone to be outlined at Revenue Seminar

Description

Revenue will host an information event at the Park Inn on Wednesday 9th December from 10am to 12.30pm.

Type II Free Zones will no longer exist;

Revenue has written to all traders advising them of the change in status from 2016. Businesses inside the Free Zone will no longer be able to import into Ireland from outside Europe without lodging a formal customs declarations. Traders wishing to maintain their duty suspension benefits they need to start considering applying for alternative customs suspension procedures.

The Community Customs Code will be replaced by the Union Customs Code (UCC) , which was adopted on 9 October 2013. In line with the requirements of the Lisbon Treaty, the UCC will be implemented through secondary legislation in the form of a Delegated Act (DA) (PDF 533KB) and an Implementing Act (IA) (PDF 937KB)