UK and EU agree draft deal to remove post-Brexit food checks

newsNov 3, 202630431

The UK and EU have agreed a 200-page draft sanitary and phytosanitary, or SPS, text to remove post‑Brexit checks on food and agricultural exports, and Brussels has circulated that draft to EU states ahead of a Coreper meeting on Wednesday. The draft would end requirements for Export Health Certificates, Phytosanitary certificates, inspector and sampling fees, organic certificates, some port fees and other physical checks for trade with the EU. Exports that would be able to resume include fresh sausages, burgers, shellfish from UK waters and seed potatoes, and the deal would also restore pet passports for travel to the EU. The UK has committed to “dynamic alignment,” observing and adapting to existing EU rules on plant, animal and food-trade standards, while transition arrangements have been struck where UK rules have diverged, for example on precision breeding. The government says the agreement will eventually deliver about £5.1 billion of annual economic benefits. Draft texts on linking emissions trading schemes and a youth travel and work scheme were circulated alongside a 15-page joint leaders’ statement, and the government’s planned European Partnerships Bill would provide the legal mechanism to apply new EU rules and enable the emissions linkage. The deal will particularly reduce the impact of the post-Brexit Irish Sea border for Northern Ireland by ending paperwork and physical checks on goods arriving at Northern Ireland ports.

Graham Simpson

@grahambs.bsky.social

UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports - All very good stuff and necessary, but ultimately we need to be a full member of the EU so we don’t just follow the rules we have a seat at the table when the rules are made. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1414h ago

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Scree2

Hopefully these food exports will mean UK producers have to follow EU rules that protect us from poisoning and limit animal cruelty.

Naomi Smith

@pimlicat.bsky.social

Delighted that agreement has been reached on the U.K. EU agrifood deal. From pet passports to the removal of checks at the border, this is good news all round and a solid base to build on for even greater ties. And accession! www.bbc.com/news/article...

902h ago

Michelle Everson 2

I presume this means the UK is now largely tied to EU regulatory standards (without much influence on them). A vital economic outcome sure, but once again 100% foreseen, and revealing of the stupidity of the 2016 'debate'; the platforming of idiots as equal to experts - looking at you BBC etc...

Paul M 🇮🇪🇨🇦🇫🇷🚲🍉1

The UK pet passport is a relief. We clung on to our French one for as long as we could but France eventually called time so now we have a lovely vet who comes to the house to do the 5 page Animal Health Cert, but at a price! And it’s every time so 3x pa for us.

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Greenglish 🇺🇦4

Θα χάσουμε δηλαδή το daily reminder του ψυγείου ότι είμαστε ένα ανεξάρτητο, περήφανο, έθνος;!; Αηδία και θλίψη 😞

Ian Moss4

The EU once again accepts the Great British Sausage.

Sue Wilson MBE

@suewilson91.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/news/article... Burnham appears to have got closer to EU in 2 months than Starmer got in 2 years.

583h ago

Jo 🕊️💚1

I am afraid this simply isn’t true. This work was done under Starmer. Anyone who thinks this kind of agreement can be achieved in 2 months sees what they want to see.

stefaniabarutta.bsky.social1

This was agreed by Starmer.

Sauron.1

So let’s get even closer and boost the UKs trade and security

James D. Worth1

Rejoin is happening right now.

TheBossRoss 🧶

@thebossross.bsky.social

At this stage, British sausages enjoy more freedom of movement than people. #CherryPicking

221h ago

Peter Ungphakorn

@coppetainpu.bsky.social

What is SPS? Not just food. Not just veterinary. "Sanitary" = food safety and animal health (live animals and products from meat to leather). "Phytosanitary" = plant health (food, cut flowers, wood) UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

151h ago

Duncan Weldon

@duncanweldon.bsky.social

The SPS deal is very welcome. It’ll be interesting - from an empirical economics view - to see how much market share British food exporters retake. I tend to think hysteresis effects are real and it’ll be below 2019 levels. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

272h ago

Duncan Weldon26

My broad framework is that Brexit has done material damage to the British economy but that reversing it does not undo all of that damage.

Dr Stylite

@columnist.bsky.social

The UK / EU food deal will benefit French food stores and restaurants. Pre Brexit, British beef, salmon, oysters etc were a regular (usually premium) offering — not so much post Brexit.

233h ago

Ste Jormur1

Looking forward to stilton and wensleydale returning to the cheese counter. I also wonder if this means cheddar and sausages will start being sourced from the UK again - one of the most immediate visible impacts of Brexit in Germany was an increase in Irish flags on supermarket shelves.

David Henig

@davidheniguk.bsky.social

The reset has arguably done its job of testing what can happen within the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, with increased goodwill. Some benefits, we need to see the implementation plan, but lots of new barriers arising. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

182h ago

Griff_Sly_Fox 🦊

@marky-l-griff.bsky.social

Yes, people !! Exactly the sort of headline I want to see on a Tuesday morning !! Hopefully the commencement of undoing the last 10 years of dumbfuckery !! ❤️🇪🇺 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

114h ago

Laura Phillips

@lauraphillips.bsky.social

@faisalislam.bsky.social: NEW Draft deal on UK-EU food+agrifood exports (veterinary agreement / SPS) done+circulated to EU27 member states ahead of Council (coreper) meeting in Brussels tomorrow. 1/

41h ago

Lord Jeffrey of Nottingham #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇬🇱

@onemoregoodman.bsky.social

At last, common sense changes that are hopefully the start of a process of rejoining the EU. Brexit was an act of national self-harm driven by racism and the malign self-interest of right-wing politicians. It's time to consign it to history.

41h ago

Dr Keith Wilson 💭

@keithwilson.eu

On the face of it, this looks like good news. Essentially, the UK will move from a Boris Johnson ‘hard’ #Brexit with a customs border in the Irish Sea to a Theresa May ‘dynamic alignment’ Brexit. But Brexit is still Brexit. #BrexitReality #RejoinEU www.bbc.com/news/article...

41h ago

Malcolm Quinn

@malrog.bsky.social

‘The British Chamber of Commerce … says the current trade relationship is "failing to deliver", leaving firms "struggling with a thicket of Brexit red tape" nearly six years after the UK's exit from the bloc.’

22h ago

Mike Taylor

@miketaylor9.bsky.social

The UK and EU working to remove post-Brexit checks from food and agriculture exports will help businesses and the economy. Good to hear the CBI welcome this sensible government initiative as Britain starts to come in from the cold. #r4today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

22h ago

UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □

@ukbastard.bsky.social

UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports The BBC understands the 200-page draft text for this so called "SPS" [sanitary and phytosanitary] agreement has been circulated to EU nations in Brussels for consideration at a meeting on Wednesday. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

22h ago

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