Brexit: GB and EU MRLs diverge
- 13/07/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
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As reported in earlier COLEACP Flash Info emails, following the UK’s departure from the European Union the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for Great Britain (GB) have followed a different review process since January 2021. The UK competent authority has recently reviewed 48 active substances to determine some Codex MRLs that could be adopted as GB MRLs. It is likely that in future EU and GB MRLs will increasingly diverge: EU MRLs can be seen via the EU Pesticides database GB… +News Digest: Brexit
- 15/12/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
UK Border Operating Model updated The UK has delayed border checks on goods coming from the EU until next year, citing supply chain issues. On 18 November the UK Government updated its Border Operating Model. The report The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods sets out the revised timetable, and provides a Navigation Guide to what’s new or has changed (pp. 8–11). The main points to note are: Full customs declarations and controls will be introduced on… +News Digest: Brexit
- 30/09/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
UK: Revised timetable for introducing border controls The UK Government has announced a revised timetable for pre-notification and checks on plants and plant products for imports from the EU to Great Britain. The key points are: Full customs declarations and controls will be introduced on 1 January 2022 as previously announced. Exporters will no longer be able to defer customs declarations after 1 January 2022 unless they are authorised to do so. Safety and security declarations on imports will be… +News Digest: Brexit
- 17/07/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, Ireland, News, Pacific, United Kingdom
EU-UK relations: Solutions found to help implementation of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland The European Commission has put forward a balanced package of measures to address some of the most pressing issues related to the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland. First, the EC takes note of the UK’s request, via separate unilateral statements, to extend a grace period for the movement of chilled meats from Great Britain to Northern Ireland until 30 September 2021.… +News digest: Brexit
- 20/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, Ireland, Kenya, News, Pacific
Transit procedures from EU to UK – State of play Freshfel Europe, the European Fresh Produce Association, reports that according to the EC’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD), despite the UK being a member of the Common Transit Convention since 1 January 2021, the procedure is still not entirely reliable. The UK is not yet entirely connected to the Customs Decisions System (CDS), as they have to re-join as a third country. This onboarding procedure is still… +News digest: Brexit
- 16/03/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
Ghana–UK trade agreement Ghana and the United Kingdom signed a trade agreement worth $1.6 billion on 2 March (Gov.uk, 2 March; Africanews, 3 March), and the legislation came into force on 5 March. The renewed Continuity Agreement will allow duty-free, quota-free access for Ghana to the UK market, and preferential tariff reductions for UK exporters to the Ghanaian market. It means Ghanaian products such as bananas, tinned tuna and cocoa can be traded to Britain without tariffs. The UK Global… +Brexit tools: Importing from and re-exporting UK goods to the EU
- 22/02/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: News
The UK Government has provided these useful tools to help importers and exporters negotiate the steps for importing from, and re-exporting UK goods to the European Union: Flowchart diagram (pdf) Step-by-step process Rules of Origin presentation form: Defra_EU_Rules_of_Origin_Business_Guidance_Presentation.pdf (mcusercontent.com) Rules of Origin business guidance documents: Defra_EU_Rules_of_Origin_Business_Guidance.pdf (mcusercontent.com) Sector specific guidance focused on the most relevant Rules of Origin articles and with industry specific examples: EU_RoO_Sector_Guidance_All_Sectors.pdf (mcusercontent.com)… +News digest: Brexit
- 17/02/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: News
Ghana finalises post-Brexit trade agreement with UK – but tariffs continue Ghana and the UK have finalised negotiations on a new Interim Ghana-UK Trade Partnership Agreement (Ghana-UK Joint Statement, 4 February). The agreement will enter into effect following the completion of relevant internal procedures required in both Ghana and the UK. But while trade negotiations have now been finalised, duty-free access has still not been restored for Ghanaian exports to the UK, and Ghanaian exporters continue to pay import tariffs… +BREXIT – Update of COLEACP’s general information document
- 01/02/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Uncategorized, United Kingdom
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU customs union and single market took place on 31 December 2020 on the basis of an agreement concluded between the EU and UK on 24th December 2020. This event has both important implications for the ACP horticultural trade with the UK, particularly for goods delivered to the UK via initial ports of landing in the EU (so called “triangular supply chains”). In order to inform and support its partners, COLEACP has updated its general… +Phytosanitary certificates – Brexit and Covid derogations
- 06/01/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Uncategorized
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… +