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We are having problems shipping the CREG journal to addresses in the European Union. This is because the EU is demanding a VAT payment on the item, which has to be collected from the recipient. As well as the VAT there is usually a €10 handling fee. This page explains what to do next – how to obtain the CREG journal, and how to get a refund on your undelivered package.
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In July 2021, the EU abolished a scheme called Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR), which allowed goods worth less than €22 to avoid border checks on entry to the EU. Now, in 2023, we are seeing the effects of that decision, with all goods of any value that are imported into the EU being held by the Customs authorities until the recipient has paid the tax and a handling charge. This is obviously impractical – you do not want to pay an extra €10 for each copy of the CREG journal. This web page explains what you can do.
When Ebay realises your are ordering from outside the UK it will add any necessary VAT or Sales Tax to your order and send the tax directly to your government.
Search your local Ebay store for CREG journal from the seller David_in_Leeds or go to ebay.co.uk/usr/david_in_leeds. When we receive your order from Ebay we will post your journal using the tracking information supplied by Ebay, which will ensure that it gets through your country's Customs inspection successfully.
As you will not be a subscriber to the journal, you will need to check to see when an issue is published. We usually post a note the the CREG-Announce e-list.
If you do not want to pay the requested Customs fee for your package, you can reject it. If you do that – or you do not collect it from your delivery office – it should eventually be returned to us. We can then issue you with a refund.
.You can, of course, just pay the customs fee if you want to. As noted above, the Customs fee comprises the VAT due on the item, plus a handling charge. However, a better option might be to refuse the item, which should mean that it is returned to the sender. Once you have done that we can try something else ...
Our recommendation is that you buy a copy though our Ebay Shop. Ebay will collect any tax that you need to pay. When we print the postage label, the bar-code will indicate that your VAT has been paid, and the item should get through your Customs check without any problem.
Our prices in the Ebay shop are approximately the same as buying directly from us, which is currently £3.50 for the journal, plus postage of £3.50, which is a total of £28/year. You will have to pay your local VAT on the total amount (including postage).
If/when your unclaimed journal is received by us (it can take eight weeks) we can give you a refund on your subscription. We can refund your current issue and up to three future issues that you have paid for – all at 25% of the total annual subscription that you paid.
That is because you paid the VAT when you made the online transaction! The seller (or the online portal) then transferred the tax to your government. BCRA/CREG cannot do that without joining an EU trading scheme called IOSS, but we are far too small an organisation to be able to afford the IOSS membership fee. Ebay, Amazon, and all the large online retailers are members of the scheme. Parcel couriers are also members of IOSS so there would not be a problem if we used a parcels courier, but the CREG journal is not heavy enough for that to be economical; and Royal Mail (and other international shippers of 'letters') are prevented, by international agreement, from collecting taxes due in a destination country.
It is because the EU (and the UK too) has abolished the Low Value Consignment Relief scheme, which was a decision un-related to Brexit. However, if the UK was still in the European Customs Union then the problem would not arise so, to that extent, it is a Brexit problem.
Because the CREG journal is not a gift, and neither is it a 'document' within the meaning of the Customs regulations. And, in any case, gifts are still subject to VAT.
If you really want to read more information, please go to EU Shipping Notice in Shipping Charges / Discounts / Methods of Payment
When a CREG journal is returned, CREG staff should send an email saying ...
A CREG journal has been returned to us from your address, marked "refused" or "unclaimed". This was because there was a Customs payment due on it. Please visit http://bcra.org.uk/bookshop/creg_subscriptions.html to find out how to re-order your journal through a more reliable delivery route, and how to obtain a refund.
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