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Rather than trader or port readiness, HMRC told us that the readiness of EU hauliers...
Conclusion
Rather than trader or port readiness, HMRC told us that the readiness of EU hauliers was now the main risk ahead of the implementation of UK import controls. HMRC told us that while EU haulier readiness is improving, it is coming from a lower base and accordingly it is writing each month to 14,000 EU haulage firms to inform them of the need to prepare.62 DfT has now published its hauliers handbook in 17 languages and set up an information and advice site at the Hook of Holland and on five ferry crossings, and plans to set up more sites in France and Spain. DFT told us that, as it did at the end of the transition period, it had contingency plans to manage any disruption that might occur. However, HMRC noted that this risk could now emerge in the EU as, for example, lorries which do not have the right paperwork would be turned away in Calais.63 The new compliance regime
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
EU Exit: UK Border
Report
Thirty-Sixth Report - EU Exit: UK Border post transition
09 Feb 2022
HC 746
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.3 yrs
Report published
09 Feb 2022