truscott
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I am not sure how the rules will be enforced for all the UK boats, who could be argued to have been VAT paid on Dec 31st, 2020, and thus didn't require anything special in Greece until the powers that be deemed it so, and I am sure Chris will have better info than I on that, but for a NON EU, NON VAT Paid, Foreign Flagged vessel such as ours, we MUST deposit the TL with the local Customs Office in order to 'stop the clock'. We have done this for several years now, and were in the same room when our Canadian friends had the book thrown at them for failing to do this (they were technically still within the 18 month period, but the Greek TL document has a statement on it to the effect that the TL MUST be handed in when the vessel is laid up). I would imagine that any UK flagged vessel that is deemed NON EU VAT paid, will likely be treated the same way, i.e to be deemed Out Of Use, you will need to deposit the TL with the Customs office. How this works for those who were in the EU at rollover and now have an Unlimited Transit Log, will be of much interest to me and many others I am sure.I'm no authority on this, but I don't think that's necessary for a boat that is on the hard. It's clearly 'out of use'.
I believe depositing papers does become a major issue if you want to declare a boat that is in the water 'out of use'.
@Chris_Robb of this parish will know chapter and verse on this.
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