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Updates: Duty Free Spirits Guidance

2024

28 March 2024 published amendments

22 March 2024 published amendments

7 March 2024 published amendments

Data protection

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2023

1 August 2023 published amendments

2022

25 February 2022 published amendments

Duty Free Spirits Guidance: update index

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Duty Free Spirits: changes 24 December 2012

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2021

25 March 2021 published amendments

Law, Policy and Application: Definition of medical products: EC Directives

End of transition period related changes to reflect that the Directive applies to NI only but can be used as guidance in GB. Updated reference to Directives as some have been repealed/updated.

Technical Guidance: Can an approved trader import Duty Free Spirits direct from a country outside the UK?

Updated to reflect UK's exit from the EU, with rules reflecting the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Technical Guidance: Can approved traders import DFS direct from another Member State?

End of transition period changes reflected in guidance to show only NI part of EU due to Protocol.

17 March 2021 published amendments

Technical Guidance: What are medicinal products?

Updated definition of medicinal product, which has been pulled from Directive 2001/83/EC (can use definition as guidance when considering what qualified as medicinal product throughout the UK).

Technical Guidance: What are homeopathic products?

Removed references to Directive although essence of guidance remains the same.

Technical Guidance: Does an authorised user need to be a tax warehouse?

Removed reference to Directive.

16 March 2021 published amendments

Background: Law

Updated reference to Directive 2001/83 as Directive 65/65 had been repealed.

Clarification that references to EU Directives apply to Northern Ireland only due to the Protocol

Law, Policy and Application: Interpretation

Removed reference to EU Directive under the definition of medicinal products. The definition of medicinal products has been updated as per the definition in Directive 2001/83 - although directive doesn't apply, we can use definition in our guidance.