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| How to cope with a no-deal Brexit: Theresa May's guide | |
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| The government has published 24 of 80 papers setting out advice for people and businesses in the event of the UK crashing out of the EU with no withdrawal agreement. | |
| It is the most extensive “how to” guide yet published to help preparations for a no-deal scenario. | |
| Trading with the EU | Trading with the EU |
| The papers specify the layers of red tape that could face those trading with EU countries. Import and export declarations will be needed on all goods going across the border and separate safety and security declarations need to be made by Eurotunnel, airlines and shippers. | The papers specify the layers of red tape that could face those trading with EU countries. Import and export declarations will be needed on all goods going across the border and separate safety and security declarations need to be made by Eurotunnel, airlines and shippers. |
| Importers will have to register as “economic operators”, learn how to classify their goods in relation to World Trade Organisation tariffs and consider whether to hire staff and services of customs brokers or freight experts. | Importers will have to register as “economic operators”, learn how to classify their goods in relation to World Trade Organisation tariffs and consider whether to hire staff and services of customs brokers or freight experts. |
| Medicine | Medicine |
| The government says it will ensure the UK “has an additional six weeks supply of medicines in case imports from the EU through certain routes are affected”. | The government says it will ensure the UK “has an additional six weeks supply of medicines in case imports from the EU through certain routes are affected”. |
| It has also advised pharmaceutical companies to stockpile saying they should ensure they have an additional six weeks supply of medicines in the UK “on top of their own normal stock levels”. | It has also advised pharmaceutical companies to stockpile saying they should ensure they have an additional six weeks supply of medicines in the UK “on top of their own normal stock levels”. |
| It says it will ensure “separate arrangements” for medicines with a short shelf life to be flown into the country but it does not say how it will escape the new paperwork needed for deliveries including customs declarations and safety declarations. | It says it will ensure “separate arrangements” for medicines with a short shelf life to be flown into the country but it does not say how it will escape the new paperwork needed for deliveries including customs declarations and safety declarations. |
| Clinics that import or export tissues or cells would need written agreement with the relevant EU licensed establishments to continue importing or exporting. | Clinics that import or export tissues or cells would need written agreement with the relevant EU licensed establishments to continue importing or exporting. |
| Hospitals, stem cell laboratories, tissue banks and fertility clinics that import from the EU would also need new written agreements with member states, but the government claims this would add a “minimum burden” to the organisations. | Hospitals, stem cell laboratories, tissue banks and fertility clinics that import from the EU would also need new written agreements with member states, but the government claims this would add a “minimum burden” to the organisations. |
| Business in Northern Ireland | Business in Northern Ireland |
| The government says it is committed to acting in the “best interests of the people of Northern Ireland” but offers little comfort to businesses trading between the region and the Republic of Ireland, telling them to “ask Dublin” what they should do. | The government says it is committed to acting in the “best interests of the people of Northern Ireland” but offers little comfort to businesses trading between the region and the Republic of Ireland, telling them to “ask Dublin” what they should do. |
| “We would recommend that, if you trade across the land border you should consider whether you will need advice from the Irish government about preparations you need to make.” | |
| VAT | VAT |
| The government is avoiding a VAT time bomb by allowing companies to pay VAT on imports on their regular VAT returns rather than as the goods cross the border. | The government is avoiding a VAT time bomb by allowing companies to pay VAT on imports on their regular VAT returns rather than as the goods cross the border. |
| Financial services | Financial services |
| Individual and business customers of UK-based payment services “could face increased costs and slower processing times for euro transactions”. The EU ban on surcharges for the use of banking cards for cross-border transactions, which will include shopping online, will disappear. This raises the prospect of a rise in costs for all businesses. | Individual and business customers of UK-based payment services “could face increased costs and slower processing times for euro transactions”. The EU ban on surcharges for the use of banking cards for cross-border transactions, which will include shopping online, will disappear. This raises the prospect of a rise in costs for all businesses. |
| Britons living in the EU | Britons living in the EU |
| UK citizens in the European Economic Area “may lose the ability to access existing lending and deposit services”. | UK citizens in the European Economic Area “may lose the ability to access existing lending and deposit services”. |
| Some medicines involving radioisotopes have a limited shelf-life are imported from Belgium, France, and the Netherlands and used to treat a million people each year. | |
| Brexit | Brexit |
| European Union | European Union |
| Europe | Europe |
| Article 50 | Article 50 |
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