Commercial Information Circular

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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12

6 July 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 520/2020

European Union (EU)* : Amendments to the Union Customs Code

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 227/2019 dated 27 March 2019, the European Commission has adopted two Regulations to amend and correct regulations supplementing or for implementing Regulation (EU) No. 952/2013 which lays down the Union Customs Code (the Code).

2.Amendments were made to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 in order to better adjust the Code to the needs of economic operators and customs administrations as well as to take into account legislative developments and developments regarding the deployment of the IT systems established for the purposes of the Code. Corrections were made to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 to clarify the instructions on the stamp and signature of certain proofs of union status. Details are set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 and Commission Implementation Regulation (EU) 2020/893, which can be accessed through the following links:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R0877&from=EN
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R0893&from=EN.

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(LAU Lap)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU comprises of 27 member countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. The United Kingdom (UK) withdrew from the EU with effect from 31 January 2020, and has entered an implementation period which is due to last until 31 December 2020. During the implementation period, the EU law will continue to apply in the UK generally.