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Division B. Civil aircraft and goods for use in civil aircraft

United Kingdom

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  1. 1..

    Relief from customs duty is provided for:

    • civil aircraft,

    • certain goods for use in civil aircraft and for incorporation therein in the course of their manufacture, repair, maintenance, rebuilding, modification or conversion,

    • ground flying-trainers and their parts, for civil use.

    These goods are covered by headings and subheadings listed in tables in paragraph 5.

  2. 2..

    For the purposes of paragraph 1, first and second indent, ‘civil aircraft’ means aircraft other than aircraft used in military or similar services in the Member States which carry a military or non-civil registration.

  3. 3..

    For the purposes of paragraph 1, second indent, the expression ‘for use in civil aircraft’ shall include goods for use in ground flying trainers for civil use.

  4. 4..

    Relief from customs duties shall be subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union with a view to customs control of the use of such goods (see Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013) .

  5. 5..

    Goods eligible for this relief from customs duties are covered by the following headings or subheadings:

    3917 40, 4011 30, 4012 13, 4012 20, 4017 00, 6812 99, 7324 10, 7326 20, 8302 10, 8302 20, 8302 42, 8302 49, 8302 60, 8407 10, 8408 90, 8409 10, 8411, 8412 10, 8412 21, 8412 29, 8412 31, 8412 39, 8412 80 80, 8412 90, 8413 19, 8413 20, 8413 30, 8413 50, 8413 60, 8413 70, 8413 81, 8413 91, 8414 10, 8414 20, 8414 30, 8414 51, 8414 59, 8414 80, 8414 90, 8415 81, 8415 82, 8415 83, 8418 10, 8418 30, 8418 40, 8418 61, 8418 69, 8419 50, 8419 81, 8421 19, 8421 21, 8421 23, 8421 29, 8421 31, 8421 39, 8424 10, 8479 90, 8483 10, 8483 30, 8483 40, 8483 50, 8483 60, 8483 90, 8484 10, 8484 90, 8501 32, 8501 52, 8501 61, 8501 62, 8501 63, 8502, 8504 10, 8504 31, 8504 32, 8504 33, 8504 40, 8504 50, 8507, 8511 10, 8511 20, 8511 30, 8511 40, 8511 50, 8511 80, 8518 10, 8518 22, 8518 29, 8518 30, 8518 40, 8518 50, 8519 81 95, 8521 10, 8526, 8528 42, 8528 52, 8528 62, 8529 10, 8531 10 95, 8531 20, 8531 80, 8539 10, 8544 30, 8801, 8802 11, 8802 12, 8802 20, 8802 30, 8802 40, 8803 10, 8803 20, 8803 30, 9001 90, 9002 90, 9014 10, 9025, 9029 20 38, 9030 31, 9030 33, 9030 89, 9032, 9104.

    For the following subheadings, relief from customs duties for products for use in civil aircraft is granted only for the goods described in the second column:

    Subheading Description
    3917 21 90, 3917 22 90, 3917 23 90, 3917 29 00, 3917 31, 3917 33, 3917 39 00, 7413 00, 8307 10, 8307 90With fittings attached
    4008 29Profile shapes, cut to size
    4009 12, 4009 22, 4009 32, 4009 42Suitable for conducting gases or liquids
    3926 90, 4016 10, 4016 93, 4016 99For technical uses
    4504 90Gaskets, washers and other seals
    6812 80Other than clothing, clothing accessories, footwear, headgear, paper, millboard, felt or compressed asbestos fibre jointing, in sheets or rolls
    6813 20, 6813 81, 6813 89With a basis of asbestos or of other mineral substances
    7007 21Windshields, not framed
    7322 90Air heaters and hot-air distributors (excluding parts thereof)
    7324 90Sanitary ware (excluding parts thereof)
    7608 10, 7608 20With fittings attached, suitable for conducting gases or liquids
    8108 90Tubes and pipes, with fittings attached, suitable for conducting gases or liquids
    8415 90Of air-conditioning machines of subheading 8415 81, 8415 82 or 8415 83
    8419 90Parts of heat exchange units
    8479 89Hydropneumatic batteries; mechanical actuators for thrust reversers; toilet units specially designed; air humidifiers and dehumidifiers; servomechanisms, non-electric; non-electric starter motors; pneumatic starters for turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines; windscreen wipers, non-electric; propeller regulators, non-electric
    8501 20, 8501 40Of an output exceeding 735 W but not exceeding 150 kW
    8501 31Of an output exceeding 735 W, DC generators
    8501 33Motors of an output not exceeding 150 kW and generators
    8501 34Generators, of an output exceeding 375 kW
    8501 51Of an output exceeding 735 W
    8501 53Of an output not exceeding 150 kW
    8516 80 20Assembled only with a simple insulated former and electrical connections, used for anti-icing or de-icing
    8522 90Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together, for apparatus of subheading 8519 81 95
    8529 90Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together, for apparatus of heading 8526
    8536 70Connectors of plastics for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
    8543 70 04, 8543 70 90Flight recorders, electric synchros and transducers, defrosters and demisters with electric resistors
    8803 90 90Including gliders
    9020 00Excluding parts
    9029 10Electric or electronic revolution counters
    9029 90Of revolution counters, speed indicators and tachometers
    9109 10, 9109 90Of a width or diameter not exceeding 50 mm
    9405 10, 9405 60Of plastics or of base metal
    9405 92, 9405 99Of the articles of subheading 9405 10 or 9405 60, of plastics or of base metal
  6. 6..

    The goods specified in paragraph 5 are integrated in TARIC by subheadings with a footnote reference in the following terms: ‘Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union (see Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013)’.