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Originally Posted by MGDavid
The costs are not set by Customs Peter - it's the cartel of Chambers of Commerce setting the fees for issuing and authorising the carnets, and providing the insurance bond against failure to re-export from the destination country. IF a carnet is indeed required - and I fail to be convinced on the evidence from MSUK so far - then there should be nothing to stop an individual creating the forms from templates and having them stamped up by their local CoC for a small fee, 25 quid would seem reasonable for 5 minutes work. On the same basis, as Aviva have the insurance bond scheme in place then the individual should be able to deal with them directly for the cover.
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Yup. My reference to C&I was because that's who may be asking for them. Worth checking directly methinks.
As to the sandwich thing, someone just likened it to fining people for walking with a cup of coffee. Over zealous was the phrase used.