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Some useful updates for borders below:

  • Extension of the Groupage Export Facilitation Scheme (GEFS) to 2025:

The Groupage Export Facilitation Scheme (GEFS) has been extended to 31 December 2025 to continue exports to the EU and movements to Northern Ireland of low-risk products. If you are not already using GEFS, please check your eligibility and register at Groupage export facilitation scheme: application - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

  • Transitional Labelling Financial Assistance Scheme:
Now been published to help NIRMS registered traders; further information is available on the following link NIRMS Transitional Labelling Financial Assistance Scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The Scheme will be open for applications from 8 January 2024 and close on 15 March 2024.
  • GB-wide labelling consultative process:
To launch in early 2024. From 15 January 2024, the existing arrangements for ‘Triangular Trade’ of products into Northern Ireland (NI) will end, and the following will come into effect: 
    • Rest of world-origin POAO can only move to NI through GB if it has undergone further processing in GB. 
    • EU-origin POAO can only move to NI through GB if: a) it has undergone sufficient processing in GB; b) it has not undergone any further handling beyond unloading, reloading, storage, and transport, and has not been removed from the original packaging.

  • Importing HRFNAO via EU to GB: New CHED Part 1 notification - January webinars:

    From 31 January 2024, the import notification that you create and submit on the import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS), will be changing from an IMP to a Common Health Entry Document (CHED) Part 1.  

    For further information about the CHED Part 1 import notification for HRFNAO join on Thursday 18 January 2024 at 2.00pm for a Defra online information session. See here.

  • Additional Information on Border Target Operating Model has been published: 

    Re-Exports (Triangular Trade) Update 

    Under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM), low risk goods that are imported to Great Britain will not need a health certificate. However currently, where goods originate from outside of the EU, a certifying officer can rely on information in the export health certificate that accompanied the goods into GB to re-certify a commodity for export. 

    From 30 April 2024, under the BTOM, you will no longer need a health certificate to import some low-risk POAO from non-EU countries to Great Britain. Therefore, where EU and ROW origin POAO are being re-exported, and no health certification will be required for import into Great Britain, certifiers may need to obtain additional supporting information.  

    Further guidance on what the additional supporting information looks like has now been published on gov.uk here.