Repair of instruments between customs zones (?)

[uguntde]

On 7/5/2024 at 1:33 PM, martin swan said:

Unfortunately since Brexit these cross border movements are almost impossible 

 … try to find someone in the EU!

You can travel via NI, there are no checks, but you have to travel.

[uguntde]

On 7/6/2024 at 11:46 AM, martin swan said:

Perhaps you should read your own link in detail 

As someone who has had to deal with the intricacies of this and all other Brexit related problems relating to UK-EU trade in violins and bows on a daily basis for the last 3 years (sales, trials, repairs), it seems to me that you have not experienced the reality.

 

Let me know if you need help to set up a subsidy in Berlin.

[Renegade Violin]

I don't know if I wrote earlier, but I decided to send an inquiry about this matter to the Customs Office in my city. I received an official letter from the Head of the Customs Office with a reply

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ŁÓDŹ CUSTOMS AND TAX OFFICE IN ŁÓDŹ
Information regarding export to Great Britain for repair and import of a violin bow from Great Britain to the EU

Sir,
from January 1, 2021, the export of goods to Great Britain, i.e. outside the European Union, for repair is subject to customs formalities. Such goods should be subjected to a special outward 'processing procedure consisting' in temporary export of EU goods outside the customs territory of the European Union and subjecting them to processing there, in this case - repair. After the repair, the imported goods (repaired bow) must be subject to the procedure for admitting them to trading in Poland. Being subject to the marketing authorization procedure requires the calculation of customs and tax duties. The cost of repairing the bow will be the value from which these receivables will be calculated. (my explanation - the Customs Office does not know whether the bow will be sold after returns (and that's exactly what I want to do), so it charges customs duties on the value of the repair, because the value of the repair increased the value of my bow - therefore the calculation of this duty is absolutely correct).
In order to be subject to outward processing procedures and to be released for circulation, the goods must be presented to the customs branch of the Customs and Tax Office and a customs declaration must be submitted. These activities can be performed in person or through a customs agency (my explanation - in Poland, ca. GBP 30).

Additional information.
Providing an answer in this form is for information purposes and does not constitute a source or interpretation of law. The authority authorized to issue a written interpretation as to the scope and manner of application of tax and customs law is the Director of the National Tax Information. Detailed information on individual interpretations and application forms are available on the website: ....................
To obtain an interpretation of customs and tax regulations, please contact the National Tax Information hotline by calling:
(here are some phone numbers)

Legal basis
Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Union Customs Code of 9 October 2013 (OJ L No. 269)

Yours faithfully
Head
Łódź Customs and Tax Office in Łódź

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Either way the costs are:
- repair cost: approx. GBP 120
- 2x shipment: ?
- Customs Agency cost: approx. GBP 30
- customs duty and tax approx. 23% from GBP 120

But it's possible

[jacobsaunders]

29 minutes ago, Renegade Violin said:

 

 

But it's possible

Try it then! I’m sure we will all be entertained by your reports of whatever progress you make