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‘Pragmatism’ wins the day on import controls

The government has set out a new “pragmatic” timetable for introducing full Customs controls for imports from the EU. Full customs declarations and controls will be introduced on 1 January 2022 as previously announced, but safety and security declarations will now not be required until 1 July 2022 and pre-notification of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods, which were due to be introduced on 1 October this year will now be introduced ... [+]