UK Delays Certain Post-Brexit Border Checks Until July 2022

The United Kingdom has delayed until July 1, 2022, post-Brexit border checks on safety and security that had been scheduled to begin in January, Brexit minister David Frost said in a Sept. 14 statement. However, full customs declarations and controls will continue with their original Jan. 1 release date. The July 1 date will apply to Phytosanitary Certificates, physical checks on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods at Border Control Posts, and Safety and Security declarations on imports. The pre-notification requirements of SPS goods has been extended from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1, the statement said, and the new Export Health Certificate requirements extended from Oct. 1 to July 1.