Government sets out pragmatic new timetable for introducing border controls

gov.uk – The government has set out a pragmatic new timetable for introducing full import controls for goods being imported from the EU to the UK.

  • Revised timetable will give businesses more time to adjust to new processes
  • Global pandemic has affected supply chains in the UK and across Europe
  • Controls will be phased in across 2022

Read the whole press release via gov.uk

Access to UK only with valid passport as of 1 October

www.getreadyforbrexit.eu – Attention drivers! As of the 1st of October 2021, you will only be able to enter the United Kingdom with a valid passport. It is no longer possible to enter the UK with an ID card.

More information is available at rijksoverheid.nl (Dutch).

British customs rules for veterinary cargo tightened as of 1 October

www.getreadyforbrexit.eu -Due to Brexit, the British government is further tightening the customs rules for import into the United Kingdom. This will commence on the 1st of October 2021 with the introduction of mandatory health certificates for most veterinary cargo. If you are transporting such cargo, make sure you are ready! Otherwise, your cargo may come to a standstill in a British port.

In the Netherlands, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) offers a step-by-step plan to help you to efficiently organise the required certificates. You can also directly ask the NVWA any questions you may have. Furthermore, the UK government offers various insightful webinars on the import of veterinary cargo into the UK.

Bekijk Britse uitleg over alle veterinaire veranderingen na 1 oktober as.

gov.uk – Find out what will change for you at the UK border from 1 October 2021 in this webinar from the UK government. Here you will hear from a first source what you need to do to import the following products from the EU into Britain from 1 October 2021:

  1. food and drink (products of animal origin for human consumption, such as meat, fish and dairy products)
  2. animal by-products
  3. composed food products

You will also learn how to:

  • Enter groupage loads
  • register for the product, animal, food and feed import system (IPAFFS)
  • submit an import notification in IPAFFS

Watch the webinars

 

Results Brexit Market Research | 90 days of Brexit: Higher costs, lower margins, bureaucracy, and delays

NBCC – With 90 days since the end of the transition period having now passed, we conducted a survey of our members together with Feedback Consumer Research on the impact of Brexit. If you participated on the survey, thank you very much.

Below, you can find an infographic which gives the key findings of the market research. You can find the press release here and the key conclusions here. If you have been impacted and need support or assistance, please contact Lyne Biewinga, Executive Director for Membership.

News Hour (Nieuwsuur) made an item about the results:
How does the Brexit work in reality. Watch through this link

Read the NBCC newsletter

As of 1 January: no document, no transport!

Brexit deal means customs formalities at the border

Get Ready for Brexit newsletter of 29 December 2020 – The Brexit deal that was concluded just before Christmas is clear: as of the 1st of January 2021, every transport to and from the United Kingdom starts with customs formalities. No customs document means no transport in the new year. Only cargo for which a customs document has been digitally pre-notified beforehand via Portbase is permitted to enter and leave the ferry or shortsea terminal. In this way, pre-notified cargo always quickly travels via the Dutch ports in the new year as well.

View our newsletter of 29 December 2020.

Newsletter: The countdown has truly commenced: are you ready for Brexit?

With only about three weeks to go until Brexit, anyone who is not yet prepared must really hurry. Deal or no deal: customs formalities will irrevocably be in place for cargo traffic with the United Kingdom as of the 1st of January 2021. Only cargo that has been …

Check out our newsletter of the month December 2020.

Get ready for Brexit: important information for UK transport

Europeanshippers.eu – No customs document? No digital pre-registration at the ferry terminal? Then no crossing!
Due to Brexit there will be customs formalities in freight traffic with the United Kingdom, effective from 1 January 2021. This has major consequences when you visit the Dutch ferry terminals. Without having a digital pre-registered customs document in Portbase you will be denied access to the ferry terminal.

For more information, please see here.