Royal Mail has updated its prohibited and restricted advice to customers and has added Age Verification items to the prohibited list for BFPO customers.ĭue to these prohibitions bladed products can no longer be sent to or from a BFPO address.įor enquiries about International Driving Licences, visit the DVLA website. Further details can be found on the Parcelforce website. The Parcelforce Age Verification Service is not available to BFPO customers. Under the OWA, both the vendor and the courier company will, in certain circumstances, be criminally liable if bladed items are delivered into the hands of an individual who is under 18 years old. The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 ( OWA) prohibits the online sale and delivery of blades to people under 18 years of age.
Additionally, from March 2021, there will be a requirement to supply ICS2 EU customs pre-arrival data which will be linked to your parcel and new mail VAT processes are scheduled for introduction in July. Ordering/sending customers should have the opportunity to either pay VAT/clearance charges (if applicable) up front or opt for these charges to be paid by the recipient under local country arrangements. New customs declaration procedures (CN22/CN23/CP72/ECD) will need to be completed by the seller/sender for products destined for overseas BFPO locations. Ordering Online Goods for BFPO Overseas Addresses (including the EU) In extreme cases, it could also lead to your parcels being returned or destroyed. Please note, that it is the senders responsibility to ensure that the new regulations are followed and failure to comply could result in items being seized and subjected to additional VAT/clearance charges prior to release by local customs authorities. These changes start to be introduced as the UK/ EU transition period ends and from 1 January 2021, parcels posted to/from BFPO customers located in EU/UK will require either a Royal Mail Customs Notification 22 (CN22), Customs Notification 23 (CN23) or Parcelforce Customs Pack (CP72) and Electronic Customs Data (ECD). 2021 Importing and Exporting RegulationsĬhanges to UK and international law will affect how mail and parcels will be cleared in the future and these new laws, which are driven by aviation security and fiscal requirements, will be getting much stricter throughout 2021. These details are important to ensure local customs authorities in the country of destination can assess your parcel contents and clear items for delivery as efficiently as possible.īFPO continue to thank all customers for their patience, support and understanding and rest assured BFPO are working tirelessly to get back to business as usual, as quickly as possible. Completion of customs declaration forms should be as accurate as possible and must include as a bare minimum, all contents, value and a valid signature. Please note, BFPO do not offer a guaranteed timed service and hold no liability for items which are perishable, out of date or unusable at the point of receipt.įamily and friends of UK defence personnel and their dependants serving overseas, who post private mail items via UK Post Office Counters should note, that you should always be required to complete a customs declaration for private parcels destined for BFPO addresses overseas. These mail items will either be refused at point of direct delivery at BFPO Northolt site or returned at the first opportunity back into the Royal Mail system.
BFPO Customers are reminded that from, BFPO will no longer be accepting mail items intended for export to overseas BFPO locations, which do not comply with current International Mail Import/Export Regulations.
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