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Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition Period

22 June 2020

Border controls for EU goods imported into Great Britain will be introduced at the end of Transition Period in stages to give businesses affected by coronavirus more time to prepare.

  • New GB border arrangements confirmed for next year as the UK formally notifies the EU that it will neither accept nor seek any extension to the Transition Period.
  • Border controls for EU goods imported into Great Britain (GB) will be introduced at the end of Transition Period in stages to give businesses affected by coronavirus more time to prepare.
  • New GB border infrastructure to carry out checks and £50million of grants to accelerate growth of the UK’s current customs intermediaries’ sector.
New border controls and procedures confirmed for 2021 as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, formally notifies the EU that the UK will neither accept nor seek any extension to the Transition Period.

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