Customs

(asked on 21st December 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to encourage and facilitate more companies attaining authorised economic operator (AEO) status, as well as to address any concerns that HMRC might not have the capacity to cope with a potential surge of AEO applications following Brexit.


Answered by
Lord Bates Portrait
Lord Bates
This question was answered on 9th January 2018

HMRC is encouraging companies to explore how EU Exit may impact their business and consider carefully the suitability of different customs authorisations and simplifications available, including AEO status, as part of their planning against a range of EU Exit scenarios.

HMRC is actively looking at ways to facilitate more companies attaining AEO status and is building into its resource planning potential for increased AEO applications.

In Future Customs Arrangements: A Future Partnership Paper (August 2017) and the Customs Bill White Paper (October 2017), the Government set out two broad approaches to a future customs relationship to the EU. Under one of these approaches, the highly streamlined customs arrangement, the Government would seek mutual recognition of authorised economic operator (AEO) status with the EU.

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