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EU Exit

This essential resource will help food and drink businesses plan for the UK's future relationship with the EU and ensure you stay ahead.

The UK left the European Union on 31 January. We are now in a transition period until 31 December 2020 while our future partnership with the EU is negotiated. EU rules will continue to apply during the transition period, trading arrangements with the EU will continue on the same terms as they do now and, for the purposes of labelling, the UK will be considered as part of the EU.

FDF has produced a range of resources to help guide companies through the complexities as the UK's future relationship with the EU is agreed. This is regularly updated.

If you would like to enquire about how you could obtain access to the guidance outlined below, please contact the FDF Membership team.

Our resources include:

• Defra answers to FDF's 171 questions on the future UK-EU relationship
• Customs and Borders
• Workforce
• Regulation

Defra answers to FDF's 171 questions on the future UK-EU relationship

NEW: FDF's 171 questions for the UK Government on our future relationship with the EU - includes answers from Defra and will be updated as we receive updates.

Customs and Borders

• Infographic: moving food and drink from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
• Infographic: moving food and drink from Northern Ireland to Great Britain
• FDF priorities for a future UK-EU Preferential Trade Agreement
• Five essential steps: exporting to the EU
• FDF Brexit Questions Summary
• FDF Rules of Origin report
• FDF's 92 questions for Government – UK-EU trade questions on customs and border issues
• Future Trade Agreements State of Play
• Guidance on tariffs and commodity codes
• Understanding Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)

Workforce

• FDF and Squire Patton Boggs webinar: EU Settlement Scheme
• UK Government EU Settlement Scheme: employer toolkit
• The UK's points-based immigration system: UK Government policy statement

Regulation

• Updated Defra, European Commission, FSA and Food Standards Scotland guidance
• Food Law and Labelling
• Health and Identification Marks for Products of Animal Origin
• Protecting food and drink names
• Phytosanitary Controls
• Chemical Authorisations
• Potential post-transition trade models

FDF coordinates a wide range of committees which discuss Brexit-related issues, including:

• FDF EU Exit Committee
• Food Safety and Scientific Steering Group
• Immigration Policy Group
• Customs Working Group
• Trade Association Roundtable

For more information about how you can join any of these committees, please contact the FDF Membership team.

Disclaimer

The Food and Drink Federation seeks to ensure that information and guidance it provides are correct but accepts no liability in respect thereof. Such information and guidance are not substitutes for specific legal or other professional advice.