The comprehensive agreement eliminates sanitary and phytosanitary checks on products ranging from cheese and sausages to cut flowers and leather. Implementation is set for the first quarter of 2028, with an extra six-month grace window for items such as grains treated with EU-unapproved fungicides. Officials will present the final text to EU ambassadors on Wednesday ahead of an official joint statement scheduled for 20 November. The broader bilateral package also encompasses negotiations on a youth experience scheme and resolved disputes over European university tuition fees.
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Full implementation of the settled sanitary agreement has been delayed until the first qu…: Full implementation of the settled sanitary agreement has been delayed until the first quarter of 2028 to accommodate legislative alignment.
Specific agricultural goods such as grains treated with unapproved fungicides will receiv…: Specific agricultural goods such as grains treated with unapproved fungicides will receive an additional six-month transition period.
The wider negotiation framework addresses unresolved matters including a youth experience…: The wider negotiation framework addresses unresolved matters including a youth experience scheme alongside a recent British compromise on tuition fees.
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The EU and the UK have completed their deal to remove Brexit checks on imports and exports of food and animal products ranging from sausages and cheese to leather goods and flowers.
It will prove a boon for British food exporters who have seen trade with Europe drop by a third since 2019 and will also mean smaller retailers in the UK such as delicatessens can return to buying smaller batches of cheese and wines, something that became impossible because of the cost of Brexit checks introduced in 2022.
The sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal is not expected to be implemented until the first quarter of 2028 after the change in UK prime minister caused a six-month delay to the second EU-UK summit, now due to be held on 20 November.
Last month the National Farmers’ Union said exports of British food to the EU had collapsed by a third since Brexit, with eggs, chicken and potato products worst hit.
Sources said a 200-page text on the post-Brexit food exports had “been settled and there will no further negotiation”. It…
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