Brexit and Import Controls: Learnings and Advice

 

1. Online webinar recordings:

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has published a series of recent webinars to its YouTube channel. This channel now has an extensive playlist of 70+ videos covering important information related to the impact of Brexit on Irish agri-food and agriculture. View the Department’s YouTube playlist.

 

 

2. Documentation of inspection fees and arrivals to Dublin Port:

 

It has also published two other relevant documents, including:

 

 

3.Glossary of terms

The Department has also issued a glossary of acronyms that have been commonly used in its webinars. These are below:

 

AFIT – Agricultural Field Inspection Testing (this is an internal Department system that staff use to interact with the declarations made on INIS (Import Notification and Inspection System).

 

AIS – Automated Import System

 

BCP – Border Control Post

 

CHED – Common Health Entry Document (PP – plants and plant products, A – live animals, P – animal products, D – pesticides)

 

CP – Composite Product

 

FSAI – Food Safety Authority of Ireland

 

HC – Health Cert

 

ICS – Import Control System

 

INIS – Import Notification and Inspection System

 

IUU – Illegal, unreported, unregulated

 

MRN – Movement Reference Number

 

NCTS – New Computerised Transit System

 

OV – Official Veterinarian

 

PA – Private Attestation

 

PBN – Pre Boarding Notification

 

POAO – Product of Animal Origin

 

PPOAO – Processed Product of Animal Origin

 

SFPA – Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority

 

SPS – Sanitary and Phytosanitary

 

TAN – Trader Account Number  (this is the financial account you get with Revenue when you register for your EORI)

 

TRACES NT – Trade Control and Expert System New Technology

 

Vet 15 – Research and Diagnostic Sample License