The United Kingdom and Switzerland`s existing PGI continue to be covered by this agreement. The agreement protects 45 uk geographic companies. The United Kingdom and Switzerland have secured a large-scale service agreement, which maintains access for UK service providers to the high-quality Swiss market. We have a camp in the EU. What should be taken into account for deliveries to the UK? During the transitional period, the UK will continue to be part of the European Union until the end of December 2020. At the end of the transitional period, it will no longer be possible to convert the goods into intra-community delivery. They then have to export outside the EU and then import to the UK. Particularly important: with regard to exports from the EU, the customs exporter must have its headquarters in the EU. Products of Swiss origin that have been permanently imported into the EU and are stored there will lose their preferred origin from 1 January 2021, in accordance with the UK trade agreement on Ch-UK.

However, if unprocessed goods are returned to Switzerland and then re-exported to Great Britain, they still have preferential status. However, goods stored in a customs warehouse retain their reported origin and can be shipped directly to the UK. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020. The UK`s withdrawal marked the beginning of a transitional period until 31 December 2020, during which time bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the EU continue to apply to the UK. A new round of bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the United Kingdom will then apply. The trade agreement from page 55 provides a comprehensive overview of all the tariff rates agreed between Switzerland and the United Kingdom for agricultural products. With regard to industrial products, the contractual exemption from tariffs with the EU continues to apply to trade with the United Kingdom. Details have been added on how this agreement is different from the current EU agreement. Tariffs on bilateral merchandise trade between the UK and Switzerland will continue to apply after the agreement enters into force.

However, in some cases, non-preferential rates may be lower due to changes to the most favoured nation scale in the United Kingdom. Negotiations on a possible free trade agreement between the EU and the UK: EU legislation for Swiss exporters remains in force until the end of 2020 to give businesses more time to adapt to the new import conditions. The measures will be put in place regardless of the outcome of the negotiations on future relations, i.e. they will come into force, even if both sides agree to a free trade agreement. They only apply to imports from the EU. If you expect goods to be in transit when EU-Swiss trade agreements are no longer in force, you can obtain a retrospective certificate of origin. This shows that the products are from the UK and can benefit from preferential conditions when your products arrive within 12 months or within 12 months of the date of the UK-Switzerland trade agreements. See the list of minimum transactions in Article 7 of the Origin Protocol in the text of the UK-Switzerland trade agreement. These guidelines contain information on aspects of trade that will change as soon as the agreement between the United Kingdom and Switzerland comes into force. This is for British companies that trade with Switzerland. If the UK and Switzerland have an agreement with one of the other countries mentioned in the rules of origin, you can continue to use materials and, in some cases, the processing of that country in your exports to Switzerland. What does Brexit mean for customs and transport clearance? During the transition period until the end of December 2020, customs and transport procedures will remain unchanged.

Goods that are still in transit after the end of the transitional period remain considered to be preferential products,