One month of Brexit at the French 'smart border'

Customs Compliance & Risk Management, Issue 7, February / March 2021
Cyrille Chatail
Cyrille Chatail
Journalist-editor, Wolters Kluwer, France
Published 20 Feb 2021
One month of Brexit at the French 'smart border'

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Jean-Michel Thillier, Director of Customs for the Hauts-de-France region of northern France and in charge of Brexit, took stock of the 'smart border' after one month of Brexit. The attention of operators was drawn to various issues identified: unpreparedness for customs formalities, unnecessary requesting of preferential origin, etc.