EU Exit webinar events

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) encouraged businesses to take part in the Department’s online EU Exit events during November 2020, December 2020 and January 2021, where information and guidance was provided to help businesses prepare for the end of the transition period and navigate the new rules from 1^st January 2021.

EU Exit Event Q&As

• Read questions and answers from the DAERA Stakeholder Webex events.

7 January 2021

This event focused on providing information and guidance to help businesses navigate the changes following the UK’s exit from the EU.

The presentation is available below:

• EU Exit Stakeholder Event 7 January 2021 - Presentation Slidepack

15 December 2020

This event focused on providing businesses with the most up to date information on what it means for agri-food and plant businesses moving goods from GB to NI; an overview of infrastructure & facilities, logistics & operations at NI Points of Entry and finally an overview of other EU Exit issues for businesses to consider from the Department for Economy.

The presentation is available below:

• EU Exit Stakeholder Event 15 December - Presentation Slidepack

8 December 2020

This event focused on getting ready to move product from GB to NI; moving Products of Animal Origin (POAO) from NI to GB for export to EU/NI and marketing standards and labelling.

The presentation is available below:

• EU Exit Stakeholder Event 8 December - Presentation Slidepack

23 November 2020

This event covered trading implications, certification requirements and imports and exports of animals, animal products and plants to GB, EU and Rest of the World post the transition period.

The presentation is available below:

• EU Exit Stakeholder Event 23 November - Presentation Slidepack

Other webinar events

Invest NI - EU Exit Webinar: What Rules of Origin means for Northern Ireland Business (Tuesday 2 March 2021, 10.00am - 11.00am)

More details about this event and how to register here.

Defra Rules of Origin webinars (24 February - 5 March 2021)

Defra are providing industry sessions (re-runs) for those businesses who were not able to make previous sessions or require further clarity on the rules for their products. See schedule below including the contact details for those running the sessions.

Defra will cover the topics below and there will be an accompanying one page document distributed after the meeting.

• Bilateral Cumulation
• Tolerance Rule
• Accounting Segregation
• Rules for Chapters 7, 8 and 20, and restrictions in other chapters
• Case Studies
• Questions & questions to take away

Unfortunately, Defra will not be able to cover origin procedures in depth, but will be able to re-direct to the relevant contact.

Department for the Economy - Chemicals Stakeholder Event (10 March 2021)

More details about this event and how to register here.
 

Previous recorded webinars are available on gov.uk:

• https://www.gov.uk/guidance/webinars-for-exporters-of-animals-and-products-of-animal-origin-to-the-eu
• https://www.gov.uk/guidance/webinars-for-importers-of-food-and-drink-products-from-the-eu-to-great-britain#webinars-for-eu-exporters or via 
• https://youtu.be/NNfFjtBvn1o

Developing the Digital Assistance Scheme (DAS) – Various workshops in March 2021

The Digital Assistance Scheme (DAS) is designed to support the continued movement of agri-food goods and live animals from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI) in line with the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The scheme aims to provide a simplified end to end digital system which streamlines the certification and verification processes required for moving goods from GB to NI.

More details about these workshops and how to register at Developing the Digital Assistance Scheme.

Previous webinar events

• Invest NI - EU Exit Webinar: VAT implications on goods and services for NI Business (Tuesday 23 February 2021) – event video to follow
• Invest NI - EU Exit Webinar: Employing EEA workers and the new immigration system (Tuesday 9 February 2021) – event video
• Invest NI - EU Exit Webinar: Impact to supply chains and actions to take (2 February 2021) - event video
• CAFRE – EU Exit and the impact on NI Food Products – Event slides (28/01/2021)
• Invest NI EU Exit Webinar - Understanding the changes to goods movement (21 January 2021) - event video
• Department for the Economy (DfE) - EU Exit webinar on Northern Ireland Protocol with HMRC and Defra - event recording (11 January 2021)
• Department for the Economy - Chemicals Stakeholder Event (21 December 2020)
• DAERA Event - TRACES.NT Training for Businesses (video)