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The UK has left the EU and is leaving the EU single market and customs union. The end of the transition period will affect businesses and you should take action now to prepare for guaranteed changes and new rules from January 2021. We have gathered the following resources which may be of help to your business.

Post-Transition Brexit Checklist

This checklist, produced by the British Chamber of Commerce, relates to possible changes flowing from Brexit that your business may need to consider. It has been prepared in response to BCC research on business preparation, and in response to member queries and the information available from government.

Post-Transition Brexit Checklist

UK’s new start: let’s get going

The UK's transition period after Brexit comes to an end this year. Check the new rules from January 2021 and take action now.

UK GOV Transition

Post-Transition Brexit Checklist

BCC has compiled the 36 questions most frequently raised by companies. Only 6 are marked green - the top rating for available information based on our quality criteria, 9 are red – indicating no information at all on which to plan, and 21 are amber - indicating that some information is available but there remain gaps and / or other quality issues to address

British Chamber of Commerce No Deal Dashboard

Webinars

Check, Change, Go - Prepare your business for the end of the transition period!

To support business preparations the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is hosting free webinars to help you check the new rules and understand the actions to take. Live webinars will provide information on key actions for businesses in specific sectors.

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Webinars

What you need to know about Brexit in 2020

To help prepare businesses for the year ahead, the Institute of Export & International Trade delivered a one-hour webinar covering What the Withdrawal Agreement Bill means for UK businesses

Open to Export webinars are powered by the Institute of Export & International Trade – the UK’s only professional body representing international trade

Open to Export Webinars

Countdown to Change Webinars

Don’t miss these brand new events - four topical and interactive webinars, designed to count down to the end of the EU Transition period.

They will be full of practical information and advice on what businesses need to do now in order to be prepared for the changes on 1 January 2021. They will also guide businesses through the jargon and complexities of Customs processes to ensure they understand what change is required.

Countdown to Change Webinars

Useful Links

Using the Trade Tariff tool to find a commodity code - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/classification-of-goods
New UK trade tariff
- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-tariffs-from-1-january-2021
Border controls
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-publishes-updated-gb-eu-border-operating-model
Export licensing
- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/beginners-guide-to-export-controls
Training fund (£ 50 million) for customs declarations https://www.gov.uk/government/news/applications-open-for-50-million-funding-to-boost-uk-customs-intermediaries
Protecting intellectual property
- https://www.gov.uk/intellectual-property-an-overview
Incoterm impact
- https://iccwbo.org/
Trade Associations Directory - information on regulation impact for specific sectors
- https://www.taforum.org/

Organisations that can help

Competition Law and Brexit: Some things to be aware of!

Now that the UK has formally left the European Union, we have set out below a summary of two key points that businesses across the UK need to be aware of from a competition law perspective.

The UK formally left the European Union on 31 January 2020, and by virtue of the transition period in the Withdrawal Agreement, Articles 101 and 102 (which prohibit, respectively, restrictive agreements and arrangements and abuse of market power) continue to apply in relation to the UK only until 31^st December 2020 as at the time of writing. At that point the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the UK courts will cease to apply EU competition laws in relation to future activities, but they will continue to apply these laws in respect of conduct that took place before the exit date...

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