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Belgium Ports & Industry Day IV – 4 November 09h00 CET
4th November 2020 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
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
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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 |
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