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Putting your goods into temporary storage means you can delay the full customs declaration and payment of import VAT and duty for up to 90 days.
Check if you can operate a facility and meet the conditions to store imported goods temporarily and find out how to apply.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
Find out how to link your temporary storage facility to Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) or the Customs Declaration Service using a Community Systems Provider.
This guidance outlines how to make informed choices about your organisation’s reliance on cloud technologies.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
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