Category: Windsor Implementation

Moving plants from Great Britain to Northern Ireland What growers and traders need to do to move plants (including plants for planting, seeds, used agricultural and forestry machinery and vehicles and seed potatoes) using a Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL). This guidance comes into effect on 1 October 2023. Businesses should follow the existing rules […]

This page provides further detail on the new arrangements for parcels, which will be in place from the end of September 2024. This guidance sets out further operational information on the relevant legal obligations that apply, which are set out in the relevant legal texts (these are set out on a dedicated page). In addition […]

Policy paper Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme: how the scheme will work Updated 1 September 2023 Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme The Windsor Framework establishes a new way to move prepacked retail goods from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) into Northern Ireland. It’s called the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme. The scheme will start […]

Background On 27 February the UK and EU agreed the Windsor Framework, providing a fundamentally new set of arrangements to restore the smooth flow of trade within the UK internal market; safeguard Northern Ireland’s place in the Union; and address the democratic deficit that was otherwise at the heart of the original Northern Ireland Protocol. […]

Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme: how to register and seal consignments From 1 September 2023, businesses that sell or facilitate movement of food in Northern Ireland can register for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme. Registering for the scheme From 1 September 2023 all businesses responsible for selling or facilitating the movement of food for […]

Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme: groupage and mixed load consignments How to move groups of agrifood products from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland, which may include consignments of Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS) goods and consignments of non-NIRMS goods. This guidance is for traders and hauliers moving consignments of scheme-compliant […]

Overview From 1 October 2023, businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) will be able to move prepacked retail goods as well as certain loose goods including fruit and vegetables through the “green lane” to Northern Ireland, under the Windsor Framework. This is the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme. From this date, there will […]

Announcement of Measures The Windsor Framework sets out a long-term solution for the supply of medicines into Northern Ireland. It will ensure that medicines can be approved and licensed on a UK-wide basis by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This will enable medicines to use the same packaging and labelling across the […]

Guidance on the scope and application of Article 10 of the Windsor Framework Updated 9 June 2023 Contents Section 1 – Summary Section 2 – Application of Article 10(1) in Northern Ireland Section 3 Application of Article 10(1) to a beneficiary located in GB Section 4 – Application of Article 10(1) to services (“servitisation”) Section […]

Apply for authorisation for the UK Internal Market Scheme if you bring goods into Northern Ireland The government and the EU have agreed the Windsor Framework. Under the Windsor Framework, the UK Internal Market Scheme is replacing the UK Trader Scheme from 30 September 2023. If you want to join the UK Internal Market Scheme, […]