# The Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, Regulation 36: EIDR procedure

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) “EIDR procedure” means to make a simplified Customs declaration by way of entering into an EIDR electronic system—
(a) the declaration;
(b) the information required to be contained in the declaration; and
(c) the documents required to accompany the declaration.
(2) But no simplified Customs declaration may be made using the EIDR procedure in respect of—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) a declaration for a transit procedure;
(c) a declaration for the free-circulation procedure or an authorised use procedure where, were the declaration made and accepted, the goods would be subject to the suspension of excise duty; or
(d) a Customs declaration which also is required to constitute an entry summary declaration.
(2A) If an HMRC officer is satisfied the goods have been presented to Customs on import, acceptance of the Customs declaration and release of the goods to the free-circulation procedure are to be treated as occurring at the later of—
(a) the time of completion of the EIDR procedure; and
(b) the time the goods are imported into the United Kingdom for the purposes of CEMA 1979.
(3) In paragraph (1), “EIDR electronic system” means an electronic system which is—
(a) operated by the person making the Customs declaration; and
(b) used for keeping and maintaining records (“EIDR records”) of the matters in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1248/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/customs-import-duty-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-36
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