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Old 12 Jan 2021, 18:18 (Ref:4028482)   #2555
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Originally Posted by midgetman View Post
I've no experience of these things as I said, but is not the idea of the carnet to stop you taking a car/spares into a country and dropping it off thereby evading duty? Therefore if the carnet is designed to make sure you take out what you went in with, it should make no difference if you are a team like me or a privateer.

Indeed, I'm sure that is the case - however if the trade agreement between UK and EU ensures that there is no tariff on the goods, what is the point? Other than needless bureaucracy (and a profit for any involved in rip-off carnet certification ) ?
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