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@JP_Biz

5 Jan

There are some stresses & strains becoming evident in the new Irish Sea border arrangements. Firstly NI hauliers are avoiding Dublin port where they can because NI-GB via Dublin now requires customs processes.

So the boats leaving Belfast & Larne are basically full while Dublin-Holyhead is much quieter. It would help if the TSS could interface with Irish Revenue systems but that’s not possible at the moment.

There are still issues with GB suppliers not being on top of what is now required to ship to NI, particularly SPS, which is leading to delays at various points in the supply chain. This includes NI trailers facing delays to clear Dublin port.

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JPCampbellBiz - Wash your hands keep your distance

@JP_Biz

28 Dec 20

The GB-NI fish page has been updated. As you were for NI-registered vessels landing fish in NI ports.

The rules for GB-registered vessels landing fish in NI ports

The last line of this suggests Lough Neagh eel issues aren’t quite 100% nailed down

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JPCampbellBiz - Wash your hands keep your distance

@JP_Biz

9 Dec 20

Daera perm sec: 460 units carrying SPS goods GB-NI daily, mostly unaccompanied.
Plans in place to do most of the new paperwork on GB side, arrangements in place at Cairnryan & Birkenhead
Temporary facilities in NI to do physical checks from 1 Jan

‘80 - 100% certain’ we can stand arrangements up on 1 Jan but it ‘wouldn’t be pretty.’

Larne & Belfast will be staffed 24/7 for SPS checks. The temporary checking facilities for January aren’t all in one place & there aren’t enough bays for every lorry to be checked as it arrives. May be queues (this is the scenario without derogations)

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JPCampbellBiz - Wash your hands keep your distance

@JP_Biz

9 Dec 20

The headline on the Taxation Bill is that it won’t contain law-breaking clauses but it does contain important bits of legislation that will implement the NI Protocol

On VAT assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

And on Excise Goods assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

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JPCampbellBiz - Wash your hands keep your distance

@JP_Biz

8 Dec 20

You know the Export Health Certificate thing? That piece of paperwork that will keep food products flowing from GB to NI & the EU? What if there’s not enough vets & other professionals to provide the certs? The food & logistics industry thinks this could be the case.

They’ve written to DEFRA about this, warning this issue on its own could lead to a reduction of between 50 & 75% in the volume of GB food trade to the EU (especially to Ireland and Northern Ireland) in the months after the 1st January.

The number of qualified Official Veterinarians has increased from c.600 in July 2019 to c.1200 in September 2020, but there is no clarity on how many of these vets, will actually be employed in meeting the estimated ten-fold increase in demand for EHCs.

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