CHAPTER 3U.K.COLLECTION OF INTRASTAT INFORMATION

Article 8U.K.Value of the goods

1.The value of the goods shall be the taxable amount which is the value to be determined for [F1value added tax] purposes F2....

For products subject to duties, the amount of these duties shall be excluded.

Whenever the taxable amount does not have to be declared for [F1value added tax] purposes, a positive value has to be reported which shall correspond to the invoice value, excluding VAT, or, failing this, to an amount which would have been invoiced in the event of any sale or purchase.

In the case of processing, the value to be collected, with a view to and following such operations, shall be the total amount which would be invoiced in case of sale or purchase.

[F32.Additionally, [F4the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs] may also collect the statistical value of the goods, as defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 638/2004.]

3.The value of the goods defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be expressed in the national currency. The exchange rate to be applied shall be:

F5(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)the official rate of exchange F6... applicable to calculating the value for customs purposesF6....