Post-Brexit, businesses are wrestling with the complexities of rules of origin, Paul Henty, partner, Charles Russell Speechlys, writes in this week’s NLJ.
While the need to pay tariffs was a key argument against Brexit, Henty says more should have been made of rules of origin. ‘One of the most frequently-heard groans about dealing with the Brexit agreement relates to interpreting these regulations and applying them to exports,’ he writes.
‘Businesses are complaining that understanding these rules has complicated the exporting.’
Henty looks at the difficulties businesses are encountering, such as the challenge faced by Marks & Spencer for its Percy Pig sweets. He covers basic principles, cumulation, product specific rules and tolerance in an informative article.
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