Sanitary and phytosanitary controls, one of the 8 areas most affected by Brexit
The European Commission has presented a communication on the Brexit, where 8 defines areas that would be most affected by an exit without UK agreement from the EU, and raises the measures that the Community party could apply on goods from the United Kingdom, such as the payment of customs duties or controls sanitary and phytosanitary in border inspection posts, as published by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants, is a sector organization, of a private nature, Fepex, on your website
This communication, entitled "Preparing for the UK withdrawal from the European Union the December 30 2019 March: a contingency plan", notes that some areas require specific attention, given their importance for the European Union as a whole and the resulting significant negative impact on citizens and businesses. These areas are: citizens, financial services, air transport, road transport, customs, sanitary and phytosanitary stocks, personal data and climate legislation.
With regard to Customs, the Commission specifies that in the case of a scenario without an agreement, as of the date of withdrawal from the United Kingdom, products entering the European Union from the United Kingdom will be treated as imports and products leaving the European Union to the United Kingdom will be treated as exports. As a result, customs declarations will be required and controls on shipments could be carried out, with the payment of customs duties being required, in accordance with the agreements adopted within the World Trade Organization, as well as compliance with the phytosanitary conditions required of third countries.
For Fepex, the scenario of no agreement would significantly affect the export of Spanish fruit and vegetables, which has its third export market in the United Kingdom. The imposition of customs and phytosanitary controls on Community fruit and vegetable exports to the United Kingdom could slow down our access to the British market, considering the high level of Spanish shipments, which, from January to August of 2018, was 1 million tons and that exceed 100.000 tons every month. According to data from the Department of Customs and Special Taxes, in March and April of this year 148.415 tons and 139.287 tons were exported respectively.
However, all scenarios are still open in relation to Brexit, since a principle of agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom is also foreseen for an orderly exit with a transitory period, which would last at least until the 31 of December of 2020, in which would maintain the current status.
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