Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 83 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Trade Customs Authorisation: As of the withdrawal date , Authorisations granting the status of Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) and other authorisations for customs simplifications, issued by the customs authorities of the United Kingdom will no longer be valid in the customs territory of the Union. Irish people or businesses who hold UK authorisations as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) and other authorisations for customs simplifications will need to be re Authorised in an EU 27 member state WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF CUSTOMS AND INDIRECT TAXATION Trade Customs UK Contents of Goods: As of the withdrawal date, Goods originating in the United Kingdom that are incorporated in goods exported from the EU to third countries will no longer qualify as "EU content" for the purpose of the EU's Common Commercial Policy. This affects the ability of EU exporters to cumulate with goods originating in the United Kingdom and may affect the applicability of preferential tariffs agreed by the Union with third countries. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF CUSTOMS AND INDIRECT TAXATION Trade Customs Submission of Union applications: An applicant can submit to the competent customs department a Union application requesting the customs authorities of that Member State and of one or more other Member States to take action with respect to goods suspected of infringing an intellectual property right. As of the withdrawal date, Union applications can no longer be submitted to the competent customs department of the United Kingdom WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS Trade Customs Decisions concerning granted Union applications: As of the withdrawal date, decisions granting Union applications adopted by the competent customs department of the United Kingdom as a Member State on the basis of Union law are no longer valid in the EU 27. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS