The UK seeks a veterinary agreement to facilitate its exports to the EU
Veterinarians, farmers, and traders have joined their voices for Britain to reach an agreement with the European Union (EU) on food exports. To this end, they have prepared a report. They propose that a new urgent veterinary agreement be reached. Simplified processes are introduced to resolve the restrictions that currently paralyze exports to the EU, Great Britain's largest trading partner.
Parliamentarian Roger Gale, Member of the UK Business and Trade Commission, explained that this report "highlights the systemic challenges facing food exporters and the need for urgent solutions" and will help with the recommendations they are developing on how to address current barriers to trade with the EU.
The multi-party commission examined this possible EU-UK veterinary agreement in detail at its last session, including representatives from the British Veterinary Association, the British Poultry Council, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, and the National Union of Farmer's institutions.
Bureaucratic difficulties
British exporters have often faced insurmountable difficulties with post-Brexit red tape and disruption at the UK-EU border. The new relationship between Great Britain and the EU as of January 1, 2021, has caused British companies to now facing numerous new requirements imposed on exports to the EU, including international sanitary and phytosanitary controls that significantly increase red tape, costs, and time.
This is having a profound negative impact on the amount of food exported to the EU. The ONS reports a sharp drop in exports. Hence, the different parties involved have prepared this report, in which they indicate three actions to resolve the negative impact of the situation. These three actions are:
- Improve current systems to eliminate archaic bureaucracy, reducing time, errors, and costs.
- Review inspection and certification requirements.
- Negotiating a form of mutual veterinary agreement with the EU that would alleviate food and feed trade problems between Great Britain and the EU and Great Britain's with Northern Ireland.
Nick Allen of the British Association of Meat Processors noted that “the rigid but inconsistent application of third-country trade rules is eroding the profitability and potential viability of exporting animal products to the EU and Northern Ireland, through Despite the differences between food standards, they are practically non-existent. ”To avoid this, the report calls on the British government to engage with the EU to build a system that works for exporters and not against them.
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