The impact of Brexit on the UK's breed societies webinar

Date: 17^th November 2020

Time: 2pm

Location: Webinar

NSA hosted on behalf of pedigree livestock breed societies in the UK, and supported by Defra a webinar discussing Britain’s final departure from the EU, its impact on livestock breed societies, and future trade in breeding stock in November 2020.

With such important topics to be discussed the webinar attracted a large audience and generated many questions to be answered to allow livestock owners to prepare themselves for the UK's departure from the EU. A comprehensive list of questions that speakers were not able to answer during the webinar can be found as a pdf to download at the bottom of this page.

The webinar can be viewed again at www.nationalsheep.org.uk/webinars

For further queries on specific topics, please contact webinar speakers directly:

• National disease notification scheme, contact Alison Gadsby Alison.Gadsby@defra.gov.uk
• Border Control Posts, Export health Certs, animal identification, and infrastructure, contact Heather Escala Heather.Escala@apha.gov.uk
• Transporter registration requirements, contact Rachael Brunskill's team at aw-transport@defra.gov.uk
• Zootechnics registered and non-zootechnics registered breed societies, contact Rachel Davis Rachel.Davis@defra.gov.uk
• UK Export Certification perspective, contact Rob Grinnall rob.grinnall@ukecp.com or Marcus Bates marcus@uktag.co.uk
• Practical options for 3^rd country breed society registrations, contact Libby Henson, libby@grassroots.co.uk

 

We have also included some links from gov.uk website which you might find useful:

• General Zootech information: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guide-to-zootechnical-rules-and-standards-from-1-january-2021
• Updated guidance on GB/NI movements:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moving-goods-under-the-northern-ireland-protocol/moving-goods-under-the-northern-ireland-protocol-section-two-moving-goods-from-great-britain-to-northern-ireland#great-britain-to-northern-ireland-sanitary-and-phytosanitary-sps-goods
• Exporting to EU from 1^st Jan 2021: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exporting-animals-and-animal-products-to-the-eu-from-1-january-2021#:~:text=Live%20animals%2C%20products%20of%20animal%20origin%20(%20POAO%20)%20or%20germplasm,from%20GB%20to%20the%20EU
• Importing from 1^st Jan 2021: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-animals-animal-products-and-high-risk-food-and-feed-not-of-animal-origin-from-1-january-2021
• New ear tagging requirements: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exporting-animals-and-animal-products-to-the-eu-from-1-january-2021

 

Finally here are some YouTube links to Government run webinars and government FAQ documents on related topics, which you might find useful:

• Exporting Live Animals from Great Britain to the European Union
• Exporting Products of Animal Origin (POAO) from Great Britain to the European Union
• Exporting Equines from Great Britain to the European Union
• Exporting Composite Goods from Great Britain to the European Union
• Export Health Certificates from Great Britain to the European Union