bécasse wrote:One further issue for those such as Vincent contemplating bringing a layout into the UK for exhibition is that everyone will (from this Friday) need passports to enter the UK. That may not sound like a big issue to a British person, and perhaps it isn't for the Dutch, but speaking as a typical Belgian I don't possess a current passport, my ID card suffices to take me anywhere I want to go (except now the UK); I can get a Belgian passport rather more easily than I could get a British one but it would still cost me upwards of € 80.
And, as an example of another downside of Brexit, I have just obtained a copy of Aylesbury LNWR from Wild Swan. The cover price was £ 24,95, the postage £ 15,00 and the Customs' charges € 24,10, so the hike in postal charges is dwarfed by the addition of Customs' charges which wouldn't have been payable before Brexit. Naturally, I am delighted to hear of emerging problems in the UK, which get full coverage, much along the lines of "how could they be so stupid", in an incredulous Belgian media.
I don't see where your customs charges come from because goods below the value of €150 are exempt from such charges. Further VAT (if any) should have been charged at source (being below €150).
As for moving a layout into and out of the UK the thing that will probably cause a problem is what the layout has been made of. If plywood then that is OK but solid wood is subject to sanitary conditions above certain sizes.
regards
Alan