ETIAS or a Schengen Visa from 2024

[exile]

Agreed - but that was because there was a risk of UK importing hormone treated meat and the like from elsewhere then sending it on to the EU. I am not aware of any imports to the EU that would breach UK rules if they snuck in.

Thus these reciprocal checks smack of expensive to consumers, tit-for-tat, behaviour with no basis in science.

Due to our inept politicians there is always a possibility that the UK will deviate from EU laws and standards. The more so when the Brexit fanatics were determined to show that the UK was following a different path.

And it is not just hormones. Add in use of antibiotics, animal welfare, slaughtering techniques and a whole host of others.

The reciprocation at this stage is just silly and petty politics but until the UK and EU align again is sadly necessary.

[elsie]

And all food imported into the UK from the EU is perfect?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx035nvxz2jo

[exile]

Sadly that sort of poor shipping practice can happen just as easily between Appleby and Dagenham - and there are no external controls there.
Responsible companies/shippers would use logging RFID chips* but many do not.

* these log the temperature of the goods at regular intervals (often 5 minutes) to ensure that frozen or chilled goods remained in the correct conditions en route.

[niemeyjt]

On the premise there is no situation a politician cannot make worse . . .

It seems the UK ETA will apply to transit passengers - unlike the EU ETIAS. The boss of Heathrow was saying it could cost him billions (or Heathrow - not him personally) and reduce demand by airlines to use Heathrow as a hub.

Sorry - on phone so link will follow.

Hopefully this will work - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ngers.html

[elsie]

The Entry/Exit System (EES) may be delayed once again as France, Germany, and the Netherlands have reportedly said that they are not ready for its implementation in early November
https://schengen.news/entry-exit-launch ... not-ready/

[Trelawney]

Although that may be good news so the Christmas passport control queues could be shorter, I wish they would complete the threatened process so that I can avoid having to apply for a new passport. Page after page of French and Spanish entry/exit stamps are pushing it to the brink. My previous passport did not get close to being filled and simply became out of date. My new one is just four years old and almost full.

[Hotrodder]

You've just reminded me. I will have to get my long expired passport renewed at some point. I think I read somewhere that I might need it in hand when it is time to renew my French CDS.

[niemeyjt]

Hand it in? Or just show it?

[elsie]

Postponed yet again. No new date yet and the possibility it is phased in.
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/eu ... r-AA1s2FZo

[niemeyjt]

Elsie's MSN link is broken - but information here:

https://www.thelocal.at/20241010/launch ... ayed-again

The date of November 10th for the launch of the new EU border system, the EU Entry/Exit System (EES), is “no longer on the table”, the EU s Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced on Thursday afternoon following a meeting of EU home affairs ministers in Luxembourg.

“I hope that we can start as soon as possible, but there is no new timeline so far. This also depends on the legal assessment that we will do and that we are working on right now,” she added.