On 01 November 2013 the South African Revenue Service (Sars) published the amendments to the Rules to the Customs and Excise Act relating to the amendment of the Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP) forms and Annexures namely, DA199, DA199.A, DA199.01, DA199.02, DA199.02A, DA199.03, DA199.04A, DA199.04B, DA199.06A, DA199.06B, DA199.10, DA199.11, DA199.12, DA199.13, DA199.14, DA199.15, DA199.16, DA199.17, DA199.18, DA199.20, DA199.21, DA199.22, DA199.23, and DA199.24. The amendments are imposed with retrospective effect from 01 January 2013.