Fish: Exports

(asked on 1st July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Border Inspection Post (BIP) status of Calais and Boulogne Sur Mer on UK fish exports after 31 December 2020.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 10th July 2020

The EU designated a number of temporary Border Inspection Posts ahead of 31 October 2019. These approvals were contingent on the UK leaving the EU on that date and they will need to be redesignated as Border Control Posts before the end of the transition period. Under this designation it was our understanding that fishery products entering the EU via Calais or Coquelles would travel to the dedicated BCP at Boulogne-sur-Mer, under Common Transit (CTC), where checks would be carried out. It is for the French authorities to ensure appropriate infrastructure is in place from 1 January 2021.

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