The border operating model was introduced on the 13th July 2020, and it sets out obligations when the UK left the EU. The document defines obligations businesses must comply with when moving goods through a UK customs border.
For imports this comes under a staged approach, confirming information surrounding controlled goods and how they will be managed during the staged approach - but it does not relate to Northern Ireland as that is covered under the NI Protocol.
The introduction of import controls at British borders with the EU is to be delayed, the government announced this afternoon (Thursday 11 March). It states that Phases 2 and 3 of the government’s Border Operating Model have been postponed by at least six months.
Customs declarations will be required from 1 January 2022 and not 1 July 2021, as originally planned.
The move comes amid reports that Border Control Post infrastructure in key GB ports is not ready for the April deadline.
The government's "revised timetable" involves:
Delayed until 1 October 2021 -
Checks on agri-food and feed (including products of animal origin and high-risk foods not of animal origin) documentation, including Export Health Certification, delayed from 1 April until 1 October 2021
Delayed until 1 January 2022 -
Entry Safety and Security (ENS) declarations for imports delayed from 1 July until 1 January 2022
Import declarations still required but deferred declaration scheme (eg CFSP procedures), including submitting supplementary declarations up to six months after the goods have been imported, extended from 1 July to 1 January 2022
Pre-notification requirements and documentary checks, including phytosanitary certificates will be required for low risk plants and plant products, and will be introduced from 1 January 2022
Physical SPS checks on high risk plants and agri-food and feed (including products of animal origin and high-risk foods not of animal origin) will take place at Border Control Posts, rather than at the place of destination as now, from 1 January 2022
Delayed until March 2022 -
From March 2022, checks at Border Control Posts will take place on live animals and low risk plants and plant products
Imports of controlled goods into Great Britain will continue to require a full customs declaration.
Controls and checks on SPS goods entering Scotland and Wales "are a devolved matter" though the government says it will support the completion of Border Control Post infrastructure, in Wales in particular.
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