The Belgium Ports & Industry Day IV is a free online seminar hosted by the British Embassy in Brussels. Please RSVP to Embassy.Event@fco.gov.uk if you would like to attend. A calendar invitation and email containing a Teams Live Event link for this webinar will be sent to registered participants on 5 October.
Indicative agenda
09:00 Welcome, H.E. Martin Shearman, British Ambassador to Belgium
09:05 Introduction, Emma Churchill, Director-General Border and Protocol Delivery Group
09:10 Introduction, Marc Adriansens, President of the Association Port of Zeebrugge Interests
09:15 Introduction, Patrick Van Cauwenberghe, Trade Facilitation Director Port of Zeebrugge
09:20 to 11:00 Introduction from UK Government
Review of Questions raised during Border Operating Model webinars
Presentations by UK Government on the processes to move goods and passengers between the EU and UK from 1 January 2021.
Opportunity for Q&A following each presentation
Customs applications, requirements and processes,
Food, animals, plants and other controlled goods
Additional actions for hauliers and freight forwarders
Immigration controls on passengers
Product conformity and standards
Heather Jones, Deputy Director, Border and Protocol Delivery Group
UK officials from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Food Standards Agency (FSA), Department for Transport (DfT), Home Office / Border Force (BF), Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
11:00 to 11:30 Joint presentation of a circular case study of freight moving from Belgium to the UK, and UK to Belgium.
Werner Rens, Conseiller Général, Belgium Federal Customs
Heather Jones, Deputy Director, Border and Protocol Delivery Group
Jurgen Decloedt, RX Seaport
11:30 to 12:00 Presentations on the Short Straits RoRo traffic using the short channel crossing routes
Accompanied freight including a demonstration of the UK service to check that HGV is ready to cross the border into Europe
Border and Protocol Delivery Group
12:00 to 12:35
Breakout sessions:
– Customs and transit – including what do you need for establishment in the UK, rules on CFSP, understanding import declarations and authorisations
– Sanitary Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) and chemical procedures and their IT systems
– Transport arrangements
UK Officials
12:35 to 12:55 Plenary Q & A, UK Officials
12:55 Closing remarks, Heather Jones, Deputy Director, Border and Protocol Delivery Group
