Brexit 2021: Rules applicable to animal and plant products from 1 January 2021

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The rules relating formalities from 1st January have been published by the French customs authorities. (click here)

In addition, the French Dept of Agriculture services (SIVEP) have just confirmed the rules applicable to animal and plant origin products entering France/EU from 1 January 2021 as follows:

From 1 January 2021, 00:00 CET, Sanitary and PhytoSanitary (SPS) products will be controlled at the Centre Douane SIVEP after crossing UK-France, and :

for animal origin products, drivers must be able to show a sanitary certificate and a DSCE declaration must have been completed in TRACES NT by a represented customs agent (RDE)

for all other SPS products, and during the first 2 days of January, the controls will be made on the basis of a CMR for goods started in 2020,

According to the statement below (our translation) :

“According to the Withdrawal Agreement, art. 4.1, controls in border control posts will apply from the end of the transition period, on 1 January, 00:00 CET for animal origin products.

For live animals, germinal products, animal food of non animal origin, plants and plant products, these controls will not apply if the starting date is earlier than 1 January 2021.

So, during the first 2 days of January (1 and 2 January), a control of the CMR will help determine if shipments of live animals, germinal products, animal food of non animal origin, plants and plant products will be cleared without SPS control if the CMR states a starting date earlier than 1 January 2021.

Shipments of animal origin products will be controlled from 00:00 CET on 1 January 2021.”

« L’accord de retrait prévoit à son article 4.1 que les contrôles dans les postes de contrôle frontaliers (PCF) s’appliquent dès la fin de la période de transition, le 1^er janvier 2021 à 00:00 (heure française), pour les produits d’origine animale.

Pour les animaux vivants, les produits germinaux, l’alimentation animale d’origine non animale, les végétaux et produits végétaux, les contrôles ne sont pas mis en œuvre si la date de départ est antérieure au 1^er janvier 2021.

Aussi pendant les 2 premiers jours de janvier (le 1^er et le 2 janvier), un contrôle de la lettre de voiture (CMR) permettra de déterminer si les envois d’animaux vivants, de produits germinaux, d’alimentation animale d’origine non animale, de végétaux et produits végétaux peuvent être libérés sans contrôle SPS lorsque la CMR indique une date de départ antérieure au 1^er janvier 2021.

Les envois de produits d’origine animale devront bien être contrôlés dès minuit. »