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Check import risk categories and related rules for animals and animal products imported from non-EU countries to Great Britain, from 30 April 2024
Page summary:
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and the import rules for each category, from 30 April 2024.
Change made:
New ‘Miscellaneous’ section added to the summary tables. This will include any products that do not fit into the existing 3 category sections. ‘Hay and straw’ commodity moved out of ‘Animal by-products’ into ‘Miscellaneous’.
Check import risk categories and related rules for animals and animal products imported from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2024
Page summary:
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and the import rules for each category.
Change made:
New ‘Miscellaneous’ section added to the summary tables. This will include any products that do not fit into the existing 3 category sections. ‘Hay and straw’ commodity moved out of ‘Animal by-products’ into ‘Miscellaneous’. Straw – intended for combustion (1213000011), Straw – other (1213000019), and Hay (1214909020) are now in the risk categorisation spreadsheet. The risk category descriptions for bones and horn-cores (0506100000) and other uncooked pasta (1902110090) have been edited for clarification.
Businesses approved to export to the EU
Page summary:
Check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved to export to the EU and find out what your TRACES number is.
Change made:
Updated the lists of businesses approved to export to the EU.
Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do
Page summary:
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Change made:
This change explains that the list of large producers on RPD will be published once the data is ready.
Packaging data: what to collect for extended producer responsibility
Page summary:
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Change made:
This change explains that the list of large producers on RPD will be published once the data is ready. It also clarifies the definition of shipment packaging.
Import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain from 2024
Page summary:
Guidance for EU exporters from 31 January 2024, exporters from rest of the world from 30 April 2024 and UK importers, on how to import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Change made:
Added a new section about supporting information for official certification under ‘Simpler health certificates for groupage imports’.
