@graham
Poly bags have now replaced BPE so no chance there!
UPDATE: As I said we had the other 2 more belts coming from HK. Just found them in the post box - no charges. Interestingly the ‘return to’ address is in Roissy AND on one of them we can clearly see another address label underneath. Oh - hubby just managed to peel it off so it just said China to France with our name and a bar code, so they are obviously bulk sending stuff THEN distributing from France.
The Chinese have sent up a distribution centre in France.
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Just reporting in as the info may be reassuring - I have just received a heavy package posted in Milton Keynes. It had two customs labels on it (CN22 and CN23) and declared itself to be a book. I was not expecting anything so couldn’t imagine what it was (there were no extra charges of any description).
It turned out to be a (very erudite) book produced by the Wiltshire Record Society. I am a member for about £15 a year and when one of their researchers produces a book for publication, I get a copy. This tome was vast and must have cost a lot to publish and send. They are a tiny group of enthusiasts so hardly a major commercial organisation. However, I thought people would like to know that this sort of item appeared not to attract any extra charges of any description.
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I had read mention of this but wasn’t sure if it was just big companies but the way you have said this makes me wonder - is it the chinese gov / postal service??
To be honest I’m not sure why any company would use a CN22 now. Well,I am, under £250 or something and you’re meant to lol, but it’s a much shorter label compared to the CN23 which obviously has both parties full details on including the phone and email which would be needed for these infamous new charges. I always use the CN23 as it just seemed better to go the extra mile and have all the information and I’ve never been told I should use the 22.It seems like the way to go generally if there’s a chance the recipient will have to pay something.
Given the kind of people that sent it, I imagine they were following a belt-and-braces approach 
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I had a parcel delivered today that was ordered off UK Amazon on 1st July. Well… that was after many “phantom” so-called “attempted deliveries” by our local Post Office…the sort of parcel delivery the UK Post Office specialises in (not) doing… finally there was an actual delivery today.
I got a 40% discount on Amazon. It would have broken even, even if charged new fees - so I thought I’d risk it.
Tracking showed it went through Customs.
No charge.
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Are goods / parcels posted in NI to France affected by all these customs / postage changes?
I’ve received the three mags to which I subscribe delivered as normal this month. I believe the distributors have adopted the new registration system.
Not ordered/bought anything else from UK sites as preferring to use .fr
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Same for me so unless the filtering of these is on a random/selective basis, it looks like magazines/specialist newspapers etc are probably ok!
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My The Gardener came through, no problems.
We had another small parcel (in a padded envelope) arrive unmolested.
…as did my “Kitchen Garden”, but I miss the free seeds, they are removed before posting. 
Much as I like the French seeds I will miss being able to get the familiar UK trusted varieties I have used for years
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It’s very good for us though! I’vve discovered some delicious new varieties I wouldn’t have tried if I’d stuck with my “old faithfuls” 
After trying lots of seeds we found these
https://fachhandel.bingenheimersaatgut.de/
They are the best we’ve ever found, you can also change their website into English if your German is not good!
Goodluck!
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Thanks very much @Toovey27 - I shall have a browse through that one. My current favourite is Association Kokopelli - Semences Biologiques, libres de droits et reproductibles but of course they don’t do everything I’d like so I’m always keen to explore new suppliers! I’m sure @strudball will be interested in that one too…
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Hi Angela,
Forgot to say that ‘Bingenheimer’ is also ‘Demeter’ accredited, which comes under Bio Dynamic regulations. (Just Google it for more info!) Good luck!
T
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Even better! Thank you
@Toovey27 …thanks will be an interesting site to explore, I’m gradually building a list of European online sites