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UPDATE: Vessels in UK to lose EU VAT paid / Union goods statu
RATS has now received confirmation from the EU commission that any Vessel that is in the UK on the date that the UK leaves the EU, ie either March 29 2019 or at the end of a transition deal, will loose its status of Union Goods and hence will become liable for EU VAT if imported back into the EU.
For Non EU residents there is a Temporary Importation process which allows an 18 month period before the VAT must be paid or before the vessel must leave the EU. This 18 month period is not available for those resident in the EU and VAT becomes due as soon as the vessel arrives in the EU.
Sadly it seems that the option of preserving Union Goods status by obtaining a T2L is no longer an option for UK based yachts but the T2L could still be of value for yachts based in the EU on Brexit day
As far as we can read from the Commissions letter this removal on Union Goods status will apply to any vessel in the UK irrespective of the Nationality of the owner, the flag of Registry or where in the EU VAT was originally paid. This may have significant impact on any vessels owned by EU nationals ( and others ) who decided to overwinter in the UK this year.
The text of the response from the EU Commission is attached below:
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Date: 20 February 2019 at 13:40:31 GMT
To: Roger Bickerstaff
Subject: Europe Direct - 101000419398
Dear Mr Bickerstaff,
Thank you for contacting the Europe Direct Contact Centre.
Consequences of the UK's withdrawal from the EU on recreational boats will concern not only customs but also have an indirect tax dimension. The relevant legal bases to which will be
further referred in this letter are: the Union Customs Code (UCC) - Regulation (EU) 952/2013 (OJ L 299/1 of 10.10.2013) - the supplementing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (UCC-DA) (OJ L 343/1 of 29.12.2015) and the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (UCC-IA) (OJ L 343/558 of 29.12.2015) for the customs issues. For indirect taxes it concerns the Council directive 2006/112/EC (the VAT Directive) (OJ L 347/1 of 11.12.2006).
Where the recreational boat has been released for free circulation at import in the EU or has been manufactured in the EU, it has obtained the customs status of Union goods.
After the UK's withdrawal from the EU or the end of the transition period in case a Withdrawal Agreement with a transition period is concluded, in general, any goods in the customs territory
of the UK will lose their Union status and will become UK goods. This was also mentioned in a Brexit preparedness note from the Commission, published on 30 January 2018:
ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info...axation_en.pdf. Following the Brexit preparedness notice mentioned above, a specific notice on VAT was published on 11 September 2018:
ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info...ded-tax_en.pdf.
The customs status of a UK boat will depend on its location at that point in time: if the boat is located in an EU port or sails in EU territorial waters, it will keep its Union status; if the boat is located in the UK, its status will be that of a third-country boat when arriving in the territorial waters of the Union, i.e. it will be treated as non-Union goods. Customs controls for such UK boats will be the same as for boats coming from a third country.
We hope you find this information useful. Please contact us again if you have other questions about the European Union, its activities or institutions.
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