Updates: Duty Free Spirits Guidance
2024
Background: Purpose and application of the law
updated wording
Law, Policy and Application: Duty Free Spirits for medical or scientific purposes
legislation update
Law, Policy and Application: Art of manufacturing process
legislation update
Law, Policy and Application: Assessments and penalties
Legislation update
Law, Policy and Application: Assessments and penalties (continued)
legislation update
Technical Guidance: Can used Duty Free Spirits be purified and re-used?
section updated
legislation update
Introduction: Aims of this guidance
Terminology update
Introduction: Who is responsible for this guidance
address update
update of law
Law, Policy and Application: Interpretation
updated definitions & legislation
section previously blank
2023
2022
Duty Free Spirits Guidance: update index
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Duty Free Spirits: changes 24 December 2012
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2021
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 Updated reference to Directives as some have been repealed/updated.
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.
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.
Updated reference to Directive 2001/83 as Directive 65/65 had been repealed.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.