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Centralisation of International Trade
Authorising and Supervising Offices
Customs Information Paper (10) 37
Who should read: All Local Compliance businesses in the London
Region fully authorised for Temporary Admission
Relief, End Use Relief or an Approved exporter.
What is it about: Further centralisation of Authorising and
Supervising Offices for specific Customs
Procedures with Economic Impact (CPEI) used by
businesses in the London Region.
When effective: 1 June 2010.
Extant until/expires: Until further notice.
1. Introduction
As advised in CIP (09) 61, International Trade Authorising and Supervising Offices
were based across various sites nationally. Further centralisation of this work is now
taking place for certain regimes and procedures for businesses within the London
Region.
Excluded from the centralisation are Large Business authorisations and simplified
CPEI authorisations (which will continue to be supervised by the National Temporary
Admission Section - NTAS, at Salford and the National Imports Relief Unit - NIRU, in
Enniskillen).
This does not affect the information given on re-authorisations in CIP (10) 31.
2. Details
The Authorising and Supervising Office functions for the regimes and procedures
identified below will be centralised in Leeds with effect from 1 June 2010.
Regime/Procedure New Office
Approved Exporters (AE)
End Use (EU)
Temporary Admissions (TA)
HMRC
Authorisations and Returns Team
Peter Bennett House
Redvers Close
Leeds
LS16 6RQ
Tel No: 0113 389 4319/4362
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Fax No: 0113 389 4490
The post codes affected for the above regimes/procedures are:
BR1 – BR7 CR0 – CR5 CR7 – CR9 DA5 – DA8
DA14 – DA18 E1 – E18 EC1 – EC4 EN1 – EN5
HA0 – HA9 IG1 – IG6 IG8 and IG11 KT1 – KT6
KT9 N1 – N22 NW1 – NW11 RM1 – RM3
RM5 – RM7 RM9 – RM14 SE1 – SE8 SE10 – SE28
SM1 – SM6 SW1 – SW20 TW1 – TW14 UB1 – UB11
W1 – W14 WC1 – WC2
3. Regimes/Procedures to remain in London
Businesses in the London Region located in the postcodes above, and involved in
the regimes and procedures in the following list, should continue, until further notice,
to send enquiries to the address below.
Regime Office
Customs Warehousing
Customs Freight Simplified Procedures
(CFSP)
The Supervision Office
HM Revenue & Customs
CITEX, 5 th Floor Dorset House
Stamford Street
London
SE1 9PY
Tel : 020 8929 6815/6574/6547
Please note - All businesses who complete C&E 1179 (Claims for
repayment/remission of import duty, CAP charges, VAT and Excise duty) and C 285
(Application for repayment and remission) which are covered by the regimes
remaining in London should continue to send them to the London office address
(above).
4. General enquiries
General advice on any of the regimes or procedures mentioned in this paper and/or
assistance required regarding the completion of forms, etc. should be directed to the
Helpline on 0845 010 9000.
Issued on the 25 May 2010 by the JCCC Secretary HMRC, Excise, Customs Stamps
& Money Directorate.
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