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report of the Singapore Convention and Customs will then be able to access our Mr Blake informed members that
praised its success.systems in the future and it will enable the BASS website had been updated

ISSA lawyer Bruce Hailey also raised us to self-declare more than we havethanks to John Davey and his son,
the subject of the new ISSA terms and in the past, which would make simpler Tim, and incorporated quite a few

conditions and Spencer Eade said they working for all our businesses and also amendments and new ideas. One idea
were now in force and members would cut out all the red tape.”is to incorporate the twice-yearly

receive an email giving details.Members also discussed imports newsletter, produced by Council
Bob Blake said there had been many saying that excise goods coming from the member Peter Anderson.

meetings with HMRC, in particular EU, say from Holland to the UK, must He then went on to say the Council
currently has eight full members, none
about the Union Customs Code and said now go into an excise warehouse prior to
it had been made clear that UK ships shipment. It was said that in many cases of which were due for re-election and

stores would still be treated as ships this does not happen but HMRC has said all were happy to remain on the Council
stores and not exports.it does not have the manpower to go to until further notice.

“The EU including the UK are every ship and police this properly.He added: “I’d like to welcome
pushing for more businesses to Council member Alex Taylor, Stanley Morrice and Matt Hammond

become AEOs (Authorised Economic Managing Director of Hutton’s, said: “I’ve who are here for their irst AGM as they
Operators) and they feel if you have been looking into this and we’ve had a were voted in at the last AGM and they

more suppliers with that status,number of cases recently where we’ve are both doing sterling work for us and
quoted for work, we’ve lost the quotation, are valuable members on the Council.

and the goods are delivered, normally “I would like to oficially thank all the
from Rotterdam straight to the vessel.Council members for supporting me and

“We know it’s perfectly in breach everything we, as BASS, do.”

of the requirement but we spoke to Following the AGM, members
HMRC and they said we have to log sat down to a delicious two-course

it on behalf of the Association not as luncheon, moving afterwards to the
individual members.”upper deck for cheese and coffee. u

Mr Taylor said he was more than happy
to be the nominated Council member to

collect such information and put together 1/ BASS Chairman Bob Blake is pictured, centre, with
a dossier, and this was agreed.the two newest Council members, Stanley Morrice
(left) and Matt Hamond.

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