Government about to announce new facilities for inland customs, regulatory veterinary checks in Kent at Ebbsfleet, at Holyhead and north Weald. A transit facility in Warrington, and further sites sought too.
New 138 pg “Border Operating Model” detailing post single market & customs unions checks/ paperwork/ formalities and how are to be carried out on previously seamless GB-EU border, now published. Govt still concerned about trader preparedness for Jan 1: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Detail new “inland clearance sites” for Jan where EU imports that need wet stamp on carnet, or under transit, or under traffic management will occur, “where ports do not have the space”
Ebbsfleet International
North Weald Airfield
Sevington
Warrington
Dover, Holyhead by July
Ebbsfleet International
North Weald Airfield
Sevington
Warrington
Dover, Holyhead by July
These are the new infrastructure requirements to operate the new customs border with the EU - all by July, some in Jan:
- customs compliance
- transit
- market surveillance/ regulatory physical checks
- agrifood (SPS) checks and processes
- endangered species
- customs compliance
- transit
- market surveillance/ regulatory physical checks
- agrifood (SPS) checks and processes
- endangered species
Government “actions to take” for traders:
- get a GB EORI number
- apply for an EU EORI
- get a customs intermediary
On last point, industry say there are simply not enough.
- get a GB EORI number
- apply for an EU EORI
- get a customs intermediary
On last point, industry say there are simply not enough.
The new “core” processes for import/ export with EU, from January and then July...
Replaces simply driving it through the Chunnel/ on and off a ferry:
Will need GB EORI, Chief badge, commodity code, value at a minimum.
Replaces simply driving it through the Chunnel/ on and off a ferry:
Will need GB EORI, Chief badge, commodity code, value at a minimum.
Quite important this particularly for retailers serving tourists - they’ve ended the VAT retail export scheme - for everybody - so no more of those refunds for overseas tourists... presumably because offering them to EU visitors would have overwhelmed the system...
Third country status outside the EU pet passport system now looms for Great Britain, up to EU exactly how lists, but there is now a pet travel helpline:
And the Kent Access Permit plans are listed too - required by all outbound HGV drivers for access to key roads such as M20, at risk of £300 on spot fine. Will have to register with the system formerly known as “Smart Freight” and now as “Check an HGV is Ready to Cross the Border”
Operation Brock gets a mention too - definitely one of my favourite stories 2017-19 was when we were briefed with an official denial it had anything to do with Brexit, but then we got an FoI revealing it stood for “Brexit Operations aCross Kent”...
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