With the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union on 1 January 2021 due to Brexit, Calais becomes an entry point into the EU.
Veterinary, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) border controls must now be carried out on all goods of animal or plant origin before they can circulate within the EU.
These controls must be performed on the SIVEP (Veterinary and Phytosanitary Border Inspection Office) sites prepared for this purpose at the entry points into the EU.
These controls are independent of any customs procedures.
The veterinary and phytosanitary services must authorise the entry of the goods to the EU before any other procedures can take place.
If goods are rejected by the veterinary and phytosanitary services due to conformity issues, there are two possible scenarios:
All import operations must be generated in TRACES and registered before the goods leave the UK.
Only imports registered in TRACES will be authorised to enter the EU, and only if they successfully pass the SPS control performed by SIVEP.
Any imports not registered in TRACES before they leave the UK are liable to be sent back to the UK immediately, before they can be presented for inspection.
Some SIVEP offices can only deal with specific veterinary or phytosanitary products. Consequently, you will need to make sure you send vehicles to the right place for inspection.
For example, the Calais office does not deal with seafood products so vehicles carrying seafood must be sent to Boulogne-sur-Mer.
In addition to booking your freight tickets with Irish Ferries, ASD Group’s experts can centralise all your import and export customs procedures, as well as your SIVEP and TRACES formalities for veterinary, sanitary and phytosanitary products.
No more long queues at customs and boring paperwork!
Our agents and customs clerks will be happy to answer all your question. They will handle the administrative formalities for your veterinary, sanitary and phytosanitary controls (obligations and TRACES follow-up) with the SIVEP in Calais.
Contact ASD Group to plan your next crossings and book your freight tickets in coordination with your customs procedures and controls.
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