Exiting The European Union Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day. Amendment of the Customs Duties and Agricultural Levies (Goods for Free Circulation) Regulations 1977 2 1 The Customs Duties and Agricultural Levies (Goods for Free Circulation) Regulations 1977 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 3 omit “customs duties or”. 3 In regulation 4— a in the words before paragraph (a) omit “duties of customs and”; b in paragraph (a) omit “the duties and”. 4 In regulation 6 omit “duties of customs and”. 5 In regulation 7 omit “duties of customs or”. Amendment of the Customs and Excise (Transit) Regulations 1993 3 1 The Customs and Excise (Transit) Regulations 1993 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2— a omit the definition of “Consignment Note CIM” and “ TR transfer note”; b in the definition of “the Convention” for the words from “entered into” to the end substitute “done at Interlaken”; c omit the definition of “relevant EU provision”; d after the definition of “the customs and excise Acts” insert— “relevant transit provision” means— any provision of the Customs Transit Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 specified in the first column of the Schedule to these Regulations; any provision of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 specified in the second column of the Schedule to these Regulations; any provision of the Convention specified in the third column of the Schedule to these Regulations. . 3 In regulation 3, in paragraph (a) for “EU” substitute “transit”. 4 Omit regulation 5. 5 For the Schedule substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Amendment of the Customs Traders (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1995 4 1 The Customs Traders (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1995 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2(1)— a omit the definition of “the Commission Regulation”; b after the definition of “the Act” insert— “the export regulations” means the Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ; “the import duty regulations” means the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; “the special procedures regulations” means the Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 ; c after the definition of “customs trader” insert— outward processing declaration” means a declaration of goods for “an outward processing procedure” within the meaning given in section 36(2) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018. . 3 In regulation 4— a for paragraph (1) substitute— 1 Subject to paragraph (2), a customs trader required by regulation 32(1)(b) of the import duty regulations to make a supplementary Customs declaration must keep and preserve a copy of every such supplementary Customs declaration made by him or on his behalf and a copy of every simplified Customs declaration so made. ; b after paragraph (1) insert— 1A Subject to paragraph (2), a customs trader required to make a supplementary export declaration— a by regulation 33(1)(b) of the export duty regulations; or b by virtue of regulation 13A of the special procedures regulations , must keep and preserve a copy of every such supplementary export declaration made by him or on his behalf and a copy of every simplified export declaration so made. ; c in paragraph (2)— i after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (1A)”; and ii for “that paragraph” substitute “the paragraph in which the reference to the trader is made”; d in paragraph (3) for “using a data-processing technique” substitute “in an electronic form or submitted, or otherwise made available to HMRC , electronically”; e in paragraph (4)— i omit the definition of “data-processing technique”; ii omit the definition of “simplified declaration”; iii insert— “simplified Customs declaration” has the meaning given by regulation 14 of the import duty regulations; “simplified export declaration” has the meaning given by regulation 33(3) of the export regulations, including as that provision is applied to an outward processing declaration by regulation 13A of the special procedures regulations. . 4 For regulation 6(2) substitute— 2 In this regulation “customs declaration” means— a a declaration of goods for a Customs procedure for the purposes of section 3(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018; b an outward processing declaration; or c an export declaration within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the export duty regulations. . Amendment of the Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2011 5 1 The Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2 omit the definition of “the customs territory”. 3 In regulation 10(b), in the substituted text, for “customs territory” substitute “United Kingdom”. 4 In regulation 17, for “customs territory”, in both places it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”. 5 In regulation 22(1) omit “from outside the customs territory”. Mike Freer Jeremy Quin Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 29th January 2019