This notice is about the UK's requirements for the commercial movement of excise goods by a Temporary Registered Consignee (TRC). The approval type that this notice relates to will continue to operate after 1 January 2021, but only for EU imports into Northern Ireland.
This notice has been updated to reflect that the Alcohol Duty Stamps Scheme has been discontinued. From 1 May 2025, the legal requirements relating to duty stamps for alcoholic products no longer apply.
7 May 2024
For general enquiries, you should contact the Excise and gambling duties enquiries team.
22 April 2024
Contact details for excise enquiries have been updated.
5 February 2024
The details for contacting the Mineral Oil Reliefs Centre have been updated.
1 August 2023
This notice has been updated due to the changes in Alcohol Duty which came into effect on 1 August 2023, including changing all references of 'made-wine' to 'other fermented products' and replacing the duty calculation examples in section 14 with a link to the new guidance.
21 July 2023
The address for movement queries has been updated.
6 June 2022
The address to contact the TRC team about movement queries has been updated.
28 May 2021
HMRC Temporary Registered Consignee (TRC) team telephone number changed to 03000 511995.
9 February 2021
This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended.
8 September 2020
We have updated the telephone number for 'movement queries' to 03000 529510.
4 July 2019
Section 3.2 has been updated following legislation changes on 1 July 2019 for heated tobacco.
17 February 2017
This notice cancels and replaces Notice 204A (23 October 2014). Contact addresses have been changed throughout the notice.
23 October 2014
Revised Notice 204A (October 2014). This notice cancels and replaces Notice 204A (October 2012). Details of any changes to the previous version can be found in paragraph 1.2 of this notice.