Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine

The EU’s Customs Union prohibits customs duties on imports and exports between member states and details a common customs tariff in MS relations with third countries. There is also a principle of mutual recognition of standards whereby goods are certified in one Member State (MS) and this certification is accepted in all MS. As a result, goods move freely between MS without the need for customs declarations, associated controls and inspections. This means that no controls are carried out at Irish ports and airports on consignments of live animals, plants, plant and animal products and consignments of foods of non-animal origin, food contact materials (e.g. plastics), some composite products, cosmetic products or tobacco related products that are entering Ireland from another EU Member State. Following Brexit, all consignments of live animals, plants, plant and animal products and consignments of foods of non-animal origin, food contact materials (e.g. plastics), some composite...