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Give prior notification to land fish in the EU

You'll need to give prior notification before you land fish directly from your UK flagged vessel in an EU designated port.

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Exempt Prior Notification

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Prior Notification

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Details

Fill in the prior notification form and email it to your destination designated EU port. You’ll need to send it:

  • for frozen fish, at least 72 hours before landing
  • for fresh fish, at least 4 hours before landing

Updates to this page

Published 28 February 2019
Last updated 29 December 2020 + show all updates
  1. Removal of pre-transhipment document as not required.

  2. Prior notification form updated

  3. Brexit update

  4. Updated attachments

  5. Updated PDFs added

  6. Updated in line with Brexit guidance

  7. PDF Form updated

  8. First published.

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