Consequences for public administrations, businesses and citizens of the EU

The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU, the Single Market and the Customs Union, created barriers to trade and cross-border exchanges that did not exist prior to 1 January 2021.

Consequences for public administrations, businesses and citizens were unavoidable, broad and far-reaching, even with the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement in place.

The Commission provided training and guidance to Member State administrations as well as stakeholders, and will continue to organise sectoral seminars with all Member States at technical level, to help fine-tune the implementation of readiness measures, in particular in the areas of border checks for persons and goods.

Communication “Getting ready for changes”

On 9 July 2020, the Commission published a Communication “Getting ready for changes”.

It sets out a sector-by-sector overview of the most affected areas and suggests mitigating measures to national authorities, businesses and citizens.

 

Sectoral guidance notices

To assist, the Commission is reviewing – and where necessary updating – the over 100 sector-specific stakeholder preparedness notices it published during the Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom (these versions are available here). Those notices that have already been updated can be found underneath. They contain detailed information on what administrations, businesses and citizens have to do to prepare for the changes.

 

_{Please note – the most recent revision of the notice below is currently only available in English. The other language versions of this most recent revision will be made available as soon as possible.}

_{Please note – the most recent revision of the notice below is currently only available in English. The other language versions of this most recent revision will be made available as soon as possible.}