The French Customs "Smart Border" Offer for Brexit

Bertrand Rager
Bertrand Rager
Lawyer, CUSTAX & LEGAL Société d'avocats, France
Published 07 Nov 2020
Topic spotlight
Trade policy
Known as the "smart border”, this technological solution aims at maintaining the fluidity of the flows of goods despite the re-establishment of customs formalities at the border. It will be applied, as from the end of the transition period, at all entry/ exit points in the Calais area and more generally in the Channel - North Sea space.

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