DEFRA - Clarification of border controls after 1 July 2022

As advised last week, the government has decided not to implement the planned EU import controls on SPS goods in July 2022. Effectively this was the last stage of implementing import frontier controls, with commodity specific measures being implemented in a phased approach up until November 2022 in order to allow Border Control Posts (BCP) to gradually gear up for higher demand. In effect this process has been postponed and DEFRA will review their control regime and set out a revised implementation plan, with a target date for introduction by the end of 2023, in a way that exploits technology and minimises administrative burdens. The Department expects to issue this plan in the Autumn of 2022.

DEFRA Border Control Posts (BCPs) & Control Points for July 1 2022– Existing and Planned (1)

This preliminary list provides information on those sites which are anticipated as potentially being designated BCPs across GB and Control Points, subject to the completion of the process for designating BCPs. It should be noted that inclusion on this list does not mean that these ports will be designated as BCPs. DEFRA stress that no commercial decision or other form of reliance should be taken upon these details until designation is confirmed.

Update from DEFRA - Clean Air Zones

The following announcements regarding Clean Air Zones have been made by the Joint Air Quality Unit, which is part of DEFRA.