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The Customs (Safety and Security Procedures) Regulations 2025: impact assessment - RPC opinion (green-rated)

Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs' impact assessment (IA) in respect of the regulations.

• From: Regulatory Policy Committee
• Published: 19 February 2025

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RPC Opinion: The Customs (Safety and Security Procedures) Regulations 2025

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The regulations remove an exemption, currently applying to goods imported from the EU, so that they need to be accompanied by a safety and security declaration as goods from elsewhere already are.  The intentions are to support the fight against illicit goods entering the UK, to meet the UK’s international obligations and to equalise the treatment of all trading partners.  The regulations end the temporary waiver for entry summary declarations on imports from the EU into Great Britain from 31 January 2025 and reduce the minimum dataset required to complete a declaration on imports into GB.

The IA The Customs (Safety and Security Procedures) Regulations 2025 provides sufficient evidence and analysis for the RPC to be able to validate the estimated annual net direct cost to business (EANDCB) figure of £168 million.  The department has provided a satisfactory cost benefit analysis to support the EANDCB figure.  The assessment of impacts on small and microbusinesses is sufficient, but the discussion of wider impacts and monitoring and evaluation could be improved.

Published 19 February 2025