101 UK Brexit Notes

Connemara Programme October 16 2018 pg. 17 To receive this designation, air carriers have to meet specific requirements in respect of their security procedures for every airport they use as a last point of departure from a third country into the EU. The system also requires entities which handle cargo before the air carrier takes responsibility to be approved. The purpose is to ensure a secure supply chain and minimise the risk of cargo interference.  Cargo from the EU to the UK: The UK intends to recognise EU cargo security from the outset, and will not require new cargo security designations for carriers from EU airports. The UK would do this to prevent any disruption to the European and global cargo networks, and in recognition that security standards are already aligned and equivalent. However, the UK would expect this recognition to be reciprocated (see below).  Cargo from the UK to the EU: The EU has the ability to recognise the UK security regime as equivalent and allow cargo to continue to fly freely and avoid the need for unnecessary security designations. However, the European Commission has set out that, in the absence of any agreement, the default regulatory position will require carriers to hold ACC3 designations from an EU Member State in order to transport cargo from the UK into the EU. The EU has not yet provided details of how carriers should apply for an ACC3 designation. An outcome where the EU does not immediately recognise UK security standards as equivalent (given standards are higher than in the EU) would have significant implications for the EU air cargo industry, their supply chains, and the consumers of the products to be shipped. Therefore, the UK expects that its recognition of EU security standards will be reciprocated in turn by the EU, recognising the UK’s existing higher security standards.  Cargo from the rest of the world into the UK: The UK will ensure no reduction in our control over the security standards applied to inbound cargo through setting up a new system of security designations. The UK will not put any barriers in place to international trade, and as such anticipates granting UK-ACC3 designations on Day 1 mirroring all existing EU ACC3 designations for cargo flying into the UK from third countries (i.e. non-EU countries). This would ensure that all cargo currently flown to the UK from third countries would continue to be permitted to do so, if there is no deal with the EU, while maintaining existing inbound aviation security standards.  Cargo from the rest of the world into the EU: The EU has set out that all security designations of carriers from third countries previously granted by the UK will be treated as expiring on the UK’s exit from the EU. In addition to the 37 carriers that the UK provides ACC3 designation to, the UK is also the responsible EU Member State for a significant proportion of the screening entities in the supply chains which support those carriers. The EU has not yet set out a mechanism for these designations to be reissued by EU Member States. Without such a mechanism those carriers from non-EU countries will not be able to carry cargo into the EU after the UK leaves the EU. As set out above, the same carriers will be allowed to fly cargo into the UK after the UK leaves the EU.