Timeline: the launch of new post-Brexit controls

Introduction of import checks on UK goods arriving in the EU

Deadline for EU nationals to apply for UK settled status

Joint UK and EU decision under the EU settlement scheme

Deadline for the EU’s adoption of agreement on data sharing between the UK and EU – affecting businesses including banks, health and insurance firms that share customers’ details

Joint UK and EU decision for six-month grace period

Introduction of import checks on goods and parcels crossing the Irish Sea from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. The British government argued it had to extend the deadline to keep supermarket shelves stocked

Unilateral EU decision, Brussels had accused the UK of breaching international law

Delayed from April 2021

Requirement for customs declarations on parcels sent from GB businesses to businesses in NI, following the second extension of the grace period. Customs declarations on parcels sent from GB to NI consumers will be introduced later

Delayed initially until 31 March 2021 and then by a further six months

Imports of EU products of animal origin, certain animal by-products and high-risk food not of animal origin require pre-notification. Export health certificates also required for certain products of animal origin and animal by-products

Delayed from April 2021

Introduction of import controls on EU goods arriving in GB – including customs checks and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks on animals and animal products, fishery products including live bivalve molluscs, plants and plant products

Delayed from April 2021

Physical SPS checks will take place at designated border controls rather than at their destination

Delayed from July 2021

End of the deferred customs import declarations scheme, which had allowed importers to submit paperwork up to six months after goods had been imported

Delayed from July 2021

Safety and security declarations become mandatory

Delayed from July 2021

Rules of origin paperwork required for companies exporting goods between GB and the EU, required to prove that items are eligible for zero-tariff access to the single market

Joint UK and EU decision to adopt a 12-month grace period

Goods for sale in Great Britain which previously required the CE mark will require UKCA certification. Products will not be allowed to be sold that only carry the CE mark, although the UKCA mark can be affixed to a label on the product or an accompanying document until 1 January 2023. Separate rules apply to medical devices

Beginning of checks on live animals, low risk plants and plant products at border control posts

Delayed from July 2021

Banks and other EU financial market participants have until the middle of 2022 to cut their reliance on derivatives clearing houses in the UK

EU decision to grant an 18-month grace period

Introduction of import checks on UK goods arriving in the EU

Deadline for EU nationals to apply for UK settled status

Joint UK and EU decision under the EU settlement scheme

Deadline for the EU’s adoption of agreement on data sharing between the UK and EU – affecting businesses including banks, health and insurance firms that share customers’ details

Joint UK and EU decision for six-month grace period

Introduction of import checks on goods and parcels crossing the Irish Sea from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. The British government argued it had to extend the deadline to keep supermarket shelves stocked

Unilateral EU decision, Brussels had accused the UK of breaching international law

Delayed from April 2021

Requirement for customs declarations on parcels sent from GB businesses to businesses in NI, following the second extension of the grace period. Customs declarations on parcels sent from GB to NI consumers will be introduced later

Delayed initially until 31 March 2021 and then by a further six months

Imports of EU products of animal origin, certain animal by-products and high-risk food not of animal origin require pre-notification. Export health certificates also required for certain products of animal origin and animal by-products

Delayed from April 2021

Introduction of import controls on EU goods arriving in GB – including customs checks and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks on animals and animal products, fishery products including live bivalve molluscs, plants and plant products

Delayed from April 2021

Physical SPS checks will take place at designated border controls rather than at their destination

Delayed from July 2021

End of the deferred customs import declarations scheme, which had allowed importers to submit paperwork up to six months after goods had been imported

Delayed from July 2021

Safety and security declarations become mandatory

Delayed from July 2021

Rules of origin paperwork required for companies exporting goods between GB and the EU, required to prove that items are eligible for zero-tariff access to the single market

Joint UK and EU decision to adopt a 12-month grace period

Goods for sale in Great Britain which previously required the CE mark will require UKCA certification. Products will not be allowed to be sold that only carry the CE mark, although the UKCA mark can be affixed to a label on the product or an accompanying document until 1 January 2023. Separate rules apply to medical devices

Beginning of checks on live animals, low risk plants and plant products at border control posts

Delayed from July 2021

Banks and other EU financial market participants have until the middle of 2022 to cut their reliance on derivatives clearing houses in the UK

EU decision to grant an 18-month grace period