Contents of your coolbox

[Hermit]

Does this mean we can't have a full coolbox when we cross the channel? Or have to dump all the meat at the 12 mile limit?

Brexit: UK driver has ham sandwiches confiscated at Dutch border

And will the UK reciprocate and ban the return of cheese from the continent?

 

[Corribee Boy]

I'm hoping that it'll be ok if it stays on the boat, but I really don't know. Was the official really acting according to the law, or was it a put-up job?

Couldn't the driver at least have eaten them?

What flavour mustard did they have? French or English?

 

[johnalison]

I think that it is quite possible that a bolshie official will enforce the rule if you catch him or her on a bad day. If I were making a trip to Europe, I would stick to basic supplies. They do have shops in France and Belgium, as I used to have to tell my wife.

 

[Stemar]

I'm going to guess you get jobsworths in every country. Or maybe he was just hungry

As for your boat, if they're going to take your Fray Bentos as soon as you land in Calais, they'd have do the same to the Pride of Canterbury - five times a day!

 

[westhinder]

It works in both directions, I’m afraid, but we should be allright as long as the supplies stay on the boat, which is a bit difficult for lorry drivers’ lunch boxes

 

[Sandy]

Does this mean we can't have a full coolbox when we cross the channel? Or have to dump all the meat at the 12 mile limit?

Nobody knows as things need to settle down and "working practices" need to develop.

I'm more concerned about the 14 days quarantine if we enter Europe at the moment as that eats up, pun intended, a lot of time from our 90 in 180 days.

 

[dom]

Nobody knows as things need to settle down and "working practices" need to develop.

Two themes are emerging from people I've spoken to in Brittany:

(i) The Elysee wants to make life as hard as possible for post-Brexit UK, including its sailors.​

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(ii) Coastal communities - especially Brittany and Normandy - have suffered a torrid time and they have no Plan B. They just want to get back to normal as quick as possible, want a fishing deal they can work with, and want Macron to stop showboating and get them some vaccines instead.​

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The ultimate solution will be a function of how these tensions play out and with Macron up for election in 2022 anything can happen.

Hopefully it all settles down and political vanity gives way to pragmatism and prosperity, but it remains a hope!!

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Nobody knows as things need to settle down and "working practices" need to develop.

I'm more concerned about the 14 days quarantine if we enter Europe at the moment as that eats up, pun intended, a lot of time from our 90 in 180 days.

I understand that if you enter on a visa for work, business or training courses, that the time does not count against non visa 90/180 entry. Maybe that will help,

 

[st599]

I understand that if you enter on a visa for work, business or training courses, that the time does not count against non visa 90/180 entry. Maybe that will help,

Indeed, but many work trips don't require the visa - conferences, business meetings etc. The rules are different for each sector, and then within each sector there are exceptions for some countries - and some work is outright banned.

Here's the Institute for Government's case study for lawyers:

While the UK–EU FTA goes further than most EU agreements in its coverage of legal services, member states can still impose total bans on UK lawyers advising on their own law.
Even if they are advising on UK law, they may be subject to particular rules. For example, in the Czech Republic, UK lawyers will have to be resident to provide legal advice, while across the border in Austria they are specifically prohibited from being resident and must provide legal advice on a cross-border basis. Many of the EU’s member states will prohibit UK lawyers from any ownership or control of law firms in their countries.
In some member states, UK lawyers will be able to fly in, provide legal advice, and fly out again without work permits. In others, this will be subject to an economic need test.
Perhaps the most important issue for UK lawyers serving EU clients – whether judgments of UK courts will be enforceable in the EU – is not dealt with in the agreement at all