{"id":854,"date":"2021-01-08T09:42:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T09:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/?p=854"},"modified":"2021-01-08T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T09:42:41","slug":"direct-customs-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/2021\/01\/08\/direct-customs-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"DIRECT CUSTOMS AGENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DIRECT CUSTOMS AGENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are required to hold on file authorisation from our Customers to file Import &amp; Export Customs declarations, on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an existing Customer you will have previously completed and sent to us a Direct Representation Form. That scheme was required under an EU Directive and as the UK has now left the EU, new UK law applies.<\/p>\n<p>You will find the &#8216;new&#8217; form <strong>&#8216;APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECT CUSTOMS AGENT&#8217;<\/strong> on the Customs Clearance page of this Web-Site, near the bottom of the page, under the section,Direct Representation.<\/p>\n<p>Whether already a Customer or just starting to work with Penguin Shipping, kindly complete and return the\u00a0 <strong>Direct Customs Agent<\/strong> form, authorising us to act on your behalf with HM Revenue &amp; Customs.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a VAT Registered Trader and wish to use the <strong>VAT Postponed Accounting<\/strong> scheme mentioned in another News Item on this Web-Site, please \u2018tick\u2019 the box on the form.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a Private Importer or a non-VAT registered Trader with an EORI (Economic Operators Registration and Identification) number, please complete the form accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Please send to <em><a href=\"mailto:alan@penguin-shipping.co.uk\">penguin@penguin-shipping.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions on any of these points, other issues with importing or exporting in general kindly put them on e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:penguin@penguin-shipping.co.uk\">penguin@penguin-shipping.co.uk<\/a> and we will get back to you with answers and if necessary, ask for further information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIRECT CUSTOMS AGENT We are required to hold on file authorisation from our Customers to file Import &amp; Export Customs declarations, on their behalf. If you are an existing Customer you will have previously completed and sent to us a Direct Representation Form. That scheme was required under an EU Directive and as the UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[88,89,84,90,77,43,41,80,42,93,95,94,40,78,91,92],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}