Brexit<\/a> paperwork needed by inspectors in Calais, MPs have been told.<\/p>\nToby Ovens of Broughton Transport told the business and trade committee that Brexit has been a costly and logistic nightmare and hopes of a reset with the EU represented \u201clight at the end of the tunnel\u201d.<\/p>\n
Brandishing a wad of paperwork with 26 stamps compared to one sheet needed before Brexit, Ovens criticised the post-Brexit bureaucracy he faced when shipping lamb and beef to the continent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had vets chasing lorries down the M4 because they have suddenly realised they didn\u2019t put the stamp in the right place on a piece of paper.\u201d<\/p>\n
His worst experience was a truck full of frozen meat held in Calais for 27 days due to a \u201cpaperwork error\u201d. He ended up having to charge his customer \u00a316,000 to have drivers sit with the refrigerated truck in Calais for the month.<\/p>\n
He said trucks were being detained at Calais before Christmas because inspectors would not accept new UK paperwork for BSE clearance.<\/p>\n
In the end they rerouted one lorry in Chippenham for a meeting with a vet who handed over a bundle of new BSE certificates to take to Calais for the trucks being detained in the port.<\/p>\n
The first-hand accounts confirm the pre-Brexit warnings of exporters, hauliers and small businesses who could not afford the paperwork.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\nHis remarks come as Brussels negotiators prepare for their first meeting over a new veterinary agreement with the EU in London next week, aimed at wiping out Brexit red tape.<\/p>\n
Liam Byrne, chair of the committee, opened the evidence session telling witnesses red tape was costing the UK \u00a38.4bn in extra costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoods trade is down 18% on five years ago, food and drink down 24%\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Talks on removing the red tape on goods and drink exports begin in London next week, with a second meeting scheduled for Brussels the following week as both sides try and hammer out a sanitary and phyto sanitary agreement.<\/p>\n
Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers Union, highlighted technical challenges in getting a deal where approaches to farming have already diversified.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cOat farmers are currently allowed use four mycotoxins that are allowed in the UK but not yet in the EU. Does this require a transition agreement?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sean McGuire, director for Europe<\/a> at the Confederation of British Industry, said the EU has been \u201cvery very lukewarm\u201d on other issues such as mutual recognition of professional qualifications such as architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n#Dealing #postBrexit #paperwork #pure #hell #shipping #tells #MPs #Brexit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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