The British government, in conjunction with the Scottish and Welsh governments, has published plans to begin customs, sanitary and phytosanitary checks on EU goods commencing at the end of October.
Since the UK departed the EU, the imposition of their own border checks has been postponed a number of times.
As part of the UK Border Operating Target Model, businesses from Ireland will face new checks and controls when moving goods from Irish ports directly to the UK.
The new rules will not apply to EU imports travelling directly into Northern Ireland nor will they affect the new red/ green lane arrangements for imports to Northern Ireland travelling directly from the UK.
The British government has said it still wishes to hear from stakeholders regarding the new rule, but it added that it was the firm intention of the government to begin these new checks in October.
The first checks, to be introduced on 31 October, will involve the introduction of health certification requirements on medium risk animal products such as meat, dairy, fish and plants from Ireland and the rest of the EU.
Full implementation of the checks is expected in the 12 months following 31 October.
Source: RTE
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Today UK Government published the Border Target Operating Model (draft for feedback)).
This new model sets out a new global, risk-based model for security and security controls at the border. It also sets out a timeline for introducing these controls on EU goods for the first time.
This seeks to deliver the protections the UK needs at its border, while reducing the burdens on traders.
”An important element of this is more use of trust at the border and specifically within the SPS control regime”
Oliver St John, Deputy Director – Border Strategy, Governance and Innovation
Cabinet Office
An important element of this is more use of trust at the border and specifically within the SPS control regime. The draft model sets out the details of how DEFRA wants to take forward pilots of this approach at scale, though there is still a lot of detail to work through. As we’ve discussed we want to ensure the EoT consortia (which were the inception for many of these ideas) are part of those and we’ll be discussing with you further how to do that.
You can find the draft Border Target Operating Model here: UK Border Target Operating Model (draft)
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