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SPS electronic certification for EU and UK trade

11 Nov 2021 | BALI Member News

During a recent trade specialised committee on sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS), the parties discussed the importance of developing an electronic phytosanitary certificate to replace the paper phytosanitary certificate currently being used. 

The UK and EU have committed to continue technical exchanges on readiness to introduce e-certificates for consignments between EU and Great Britain.

The UK confirmed health certificates for import into Great Britain issued by Member States using EU’s TRACES system will be acceptable despite minor differences in format compared to the models published on its official website, as long as their contents remain the same.

The EU agreed to share with the UK copies of the versions of model certificates for import into Great Britain uploaded to the TRACES system, to confirm that the formatting differences would be acceptable and identify any changes required to align them with new versions.

Further reading:

Trade Specialised Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures meeting minutes

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