Animals: Exports

(asked on 24th September 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the NAO report entitled Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Progress in Implementing EU Exit, published on 12 September 2019, what progress her Department has made on creating 1,400 Export Health Certificate versions and agreeing them with non-EU countries.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 4th October 2019

On 21 December 2018, the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) wrote to third countries outlining our plans for the continued use of existing Export Health Certificates (EHCs) once the UK leaves the EU.

The CVO will be writing to third countries again in the near future to reaffirm this position.

All Export Health Certificates for exporting to third countries are already available on Gov.uk.

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