Border Target Operating Model: information leaflets for businesses
Information to help businesses prepare for a new approach to importing goods to Great Britain under the Border Target Operating Model.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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The Border Target Operating Model sets out a new approach to sanitary and phytosanitary controls for imports of live animals, animal products, plants and plants products to Great Britain.
These leaflets are for:
- importers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
- exporters in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
You can also browse a set of videos to help you prepare, including sector-specific training.
Border control posts - plants and plant products
This document is for businesses that import plants and plant products to Great Britain. It explains what happens when your goods are checked at a border control post.
Composite food products decision trees
These decision trees are for businesses that import food from the EU to Great Britain. They help you check whether your product is:
- a composite food product
- subject to official controls at a border control post
Health certificates
This leaflet is for businesses:
- in Great Britain that import live animals and animal products from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
- in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland that export live animals and animal products to Great Britain
It explains:
- what a health certificate is
- how to get one
- what you need to do with it
Import notifications using IPAFFS
This leaflet is for businesses that import live animals, animal products, plants or plant products to Great Britain. It explains how to give advance notice of your consignment to authorities in Great Britain using IPAFFS (import of products, animals, food and feed system).
Phytosanitary certificates
This leaflet is for businesses that export plants and plant products from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland to Great Britain. It explains:
- what a phytosanitary certificate is
- how to get one
- what you need to do with it
Transiting goods through Great Britain to the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
This leaflet is for businesses in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland that transit live animals, animal products, plants or plant products through Great Britain. This is known as using Great Britain as a ‘landbridge’.
Guidance for importers on GOV.UK
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Last updated 15 February 2024 + show all updates
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Added Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Welsh translations.
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Updated leaflet on transiting goods through Great Britain - where animal health attestations are not required, goods transiting Great Britain will not need a health certificate, including certain seafood products.
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Added an information document about sanitary and phytosanitary controls.
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Corrected information on consignment seals in the leaflet on transiting goods through Great Britain to the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
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Added a leaflet for businesses in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland that transit live animals, animal products, plants or plant products through Great Britain.
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Added translation