Notice to importers: imports from Israel into the United Kingdom
Updated 4 January 2021
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1) Operators are reminded that products produced in the Israeli settlements located within the territories brought under Israeli administration since June 1967 are not entitled to benefit from preferential tariff treatment under the Trade and Partnership Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the State of Israel.
2) It is recalled that according to the arrangement between the Israel and the United Kingdom for the implementation of Protocol 4 to the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement, all movement certificates EUR.1 and invoice declarations issued or made out in Israel, include, the postal code and the name of the city, village or industrial zone where production conferring originating status has taken place.
3) The same applies to all movement certificates EUR-MED and invoice declarations EUR-MED that may be issued or made out in Israel for export to the United Kingdom on the basis of Protocol 4 to the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement.
4) Operators intending to present documentary evidence of origin with a view to securing preferential treatment for products originating in Israel are informed that the preferential treatment will be refused to the goods for which the proof of origin indicates that the production conferring originating status has taken place in a location within the territories brought under Israeli administration since June 1967.
5) While the procedures in place allow for an adequate application of the arrangement, the way it is implemented in the United Kingdom should be streamlined in the light of experience. For that purpose, importers are informed that the up-to-date list of non-eligible locations and their postal codes is from now on available on GOV.UK.
6) Operators are advised to consult the list regularly and at least before lodging a customs declaration for releasing goods for free circulation in support of which they intend to provide a proof of preferential origin issued or made out in Israel.