Delays, Fines: the U.K. Details the Costs of Brexit Border
- Government document sets out obstacles hauliers will face
- Pet passports also under threat after Britain leaves the bloc
A truck enters a border control post at the Port of Dover Ltd. in Dover, U.K.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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U.K. truck drivers taking goods to the European Union after Brexit could face fines if they fail to comply with a new computer system under government plans designed to avert chaos at the border next year.
Under the so-called Smart Freight System, hauliers will be required to file information electronically and receive approval from the tax authorities before being allowed to travel toward the U.K.-EU border, according to a 206-page government document entitled “The Border with the European Union”.