Phytosanitary certificates – Brexit and Covid derogations
- 06/01/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Uncategorized
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As a Covid-19 emergency measure, the European Union is accepting electronic transmissions of phytosanitary certificates (PCs) for imports into the EU (followed by transmission of the paper documents) until 1 February 2021. The UK position was previously unclear, but it is now confirmed that the UK will replicate this measure from 1 January 2021. A Covid-19 easement is in place as part of the Office Control Regulations; the exporter/importer can send a scanned copy of the PC, which the UK’s… +Brexit: Updated advice from the UK
- 06/01/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: United Kingdom
The UK Government website (www.gov.uk/transition) now provides updated information on Brexit-related changes for businesses, including helpful step-by-step guides to: importing goods from the EU exporting goods to the EU moving goods to or from Northern Ireland The Border Operating Model for traders and hauliers has been updated following the UK–EU trade and cooperation agreement, and case studies are provided representing end-to-end scenarios between GB and EU for importing and exporting goods from January 2021. These show not just the journeys… +New collaboration agreement between MINADER-CAMEROON and COLEACP
- 16/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Cameroon, News
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) of Cameroon and COLEACP signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 December 2020, in the presence of His Excellency Gabriel Mbairobe, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Cameroon, Jeremy Knops, General Delegate of COLEACP, and Jean-Marie Sop, COLEACP Secretary-General. This agreement is part of the Fit For Market SPS programme funded by the European Union. It aims to strengthen the national sanitary and phytosanitary system, and especially the implementation of a… +The Dual Vocational Training Business Summit – COLEACP’s contribution on digitalisation
- 01/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Nigeria
The Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria (AHK Nigeria), in collaboration with GIZ and Don Bosco, held its second Dual Vocational Training Business Summit and Skills Conference in early December. The first summit in 2019 hosted around 150 business and political representatives. The objective of the 2020 Skills Summit was to continue and deepen the discussion through a focus on the agriculture and health sectors. In the context of the challenges faced during the coronavirus crisis, it also… +