Customs and Excise (Customs Tariff and Import Duty) (Jersey) Order 2019

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A decision made on 24 October 2019

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2019-0104
Decision Summary Title :	Changes to Jersey’s Customs Tariff		Date of Decision Summary:	24th October 2019
Decision Summary Author:	Assistant Director, Revenue and Goods Control, Customs & Immigration		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Changes to Jersey’s Customs Tariff		Date of Written Report:	25th March 2019
Written Report Author:	Assistant Director, Revenue and Goods Control, Customs & Immigration		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Customs and Excise (Customs Tariff and Import Duty) (Jersey) Order 2019
Decision(s): The Minister decided to make the Customs and Excise (Customs Tariff and Import Duty) (Jersey) Order 2019. The Order will take effect immediately upon the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Reason(s) for Decision: On the 26th November 2018 the Minister for External Relations signed a customs arrangement (the Jersey Arrangement) concerning the establishment and operation of the United Kingdom - Crown Dependencies Union (the Customs Union), the members of which are the UK, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. The arrangement covers all trade in goods between member states and the adoption of a common external customs tariff in their relations with third countries. Paragraph 3 of the arrangement requires the members of the Customs Union to introduce legislation to implement it in advance of it coming into effect. Powers conferred by the European Union Legislation (Customs Union, Import and Export Control) (Jersey) Regulations 2018 (“the new Regulations”), which came into force on the 13th December 2018, allow the appropriate minister under Article 2(1) to make provision by Order in accordance with the Regulation for the purpose of the implementation of the Jersey Arrangement. Paragraph 8 of the Jersey Arrangement requires the Government of Jersey to apply the UK customs tariff to trade with territories not included in the Customs Union. The UK customs tariff means; the application of exactly the same fiscal measures to goods arriving from third countries as the other members of the Customs Union and the removal between member states of customs duty on imports and exports and of any charges having equivalent effect. The Customs and Excise (Customs Tariff and Import Duty) (Jersey) Order 2019 enables the powers needed to apply the UK customs tariff.
Resource Implications: None as a result of this decision.
Action required: The Minister to sign and seal the Order and the Private Secretary to return the document to the States Greffe immediately. The Greffier of the States to be requested to arrange for the States Assembly to be notified once the commencement Order has been made.
Signature:		Position: Connétable Len Norman Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):