DEFRA has posted the ‘risk categorization’ of EU goods subject to the new sanitary or phytosanitary (SPS) controls that are being introduced from the autumn, as per the draft Border Target Operating Model (TOM) that was published in April.
The categories – ‘low’, ‘medium’ and ‘high’ – will determine the level of checks and documentation that will be required for SPS goods entering Britain from the EU and EFTA. Affected goods include animals, animal origin products, plants and plant-based products. Plant and plant-based products from Norway and Iceland are not subject to the new categorizations.
The new SPS requirements being introduced under the model will come into effect from 31 October 2023.
Source: export.org.uk