• Brexit: Updated advice from the UK

    • 06/01/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: United Kingdom
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    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… +
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  • Brexit: challenges for ACP horticultural exporters

    • 17/12/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: United Kingdom
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    Following on from COLEACP’s November Brexit workshop and background information document, COLEACP has just published up-to-date information on the Brexit process, and specifically the potential impacts on ACP horticultural producers and exporters. Preparing for the UK’S exit from the EU customs union and single market from 1st January 2021: Challenges for ACP horticultural exporters – Background Information Document N°2 The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU customs union and single market from 1 January 2021 is part of the “Brexit”… +
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  • Brexit workshop, 30 October 2020

    • 13/11/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
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    In collaboration with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), COLEACP organised a workshop on 30 October to present a set of practical recommendations (and remaining points of uncertainty) for ACP horticultural businesses trading directly or indirectly (via the EU) with the United Kingdom. Representatives from the Fresh Produce Consortium and Freshfel Europe also shared their analyses and priority areas for action. Context The UK officially left the European Union on 31 January 2020, and is now entering… +
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  • BREXIT: Impact of December 2019 UK parliamentary election result on ACP horticultural exports to the UK

    • 15/01/2020
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    GREATER CERTAINTY UNTIL 1ST JANUARY 2021 After a period of uncertainty, there is now greater clarity regarding the completion of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU). With an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Johnson now has an unassailable majority for the passage of the revised EU27/UK Withdrawal Agreement through the UK Parliament, with this process now well under way. So the UK is now firmly on track to leave the EU on 31st January… +
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  • THE OUTCOME OF THE UK GENERAL ELECTION

    • 13/12/2019
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    The return of a Conservative Party-led government with a clear parliamentary majority now means the revised Withdrawal Agreement should receive Parliamentary ratification, with the agreed transition period entering into effect until at least 1st January 2021, while negotiations for a new comprehensive UK/EU free trade area agreement are completed. While any immediate prospect of a ‘No-Deal Brexit’ has therefore been averted until at least 1st January 2021, it remains a possibility given the commitments made during the General Election campaign… +
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