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IP/B/REGI/IC/2017-051
The Common Agricultural Policy to
PE 601.972 April 2018
address the negative consequences
of Brexit for agricultural markets

A study commissioned by the

Committee on Regional Development
 MAIN
CONCLUSIONS
• Traders face a “cliff-edge” situation
because of the lack of preparedness of
customs administrations and other
relevant authorities on both sides to
manage border controls.
• An option is that the UK would agree to
bind itself to following the relevant
Union “acquis” as a non-Member State
for a time-limited period after 29 March
2019.
• From the perspective of the agri-food
trade, an extension of the EU acquis -
which would also have to include the
UK entering into a temporary customs
union with the EU - would ensure the
continuation of the trade status quo for
the duration of the transition period.
• Farmers and food businesses in the
EU27 will need support to adjust to the
structural consequences of a ‘hard’
Brexit. This might include the provision
of adjustment assistance; greater use of
financial instruments; a strengthened
promotion policy; and improved access
to third country markets.
ABSTRACT FOCUS ON
The withdrawal of the UK from the EU Options under the Common
without a trade arrangement in place Agricultural Policy to address the
would lead to huge disruption to the negative consequences of Brexit for
UK-EU27 agri-food trade. In 2016, the agricultural markets are discussed. This
EU27 exported agri-food products worth study reviews the additional trade costs
û40.3 billion to the UK, while the EU27 that might arise and how they might be
imported agri-food products to the value avoided under alternative future trade
of û16.8 billion from the UK. Any future arrangements. A transitional period in
trade relationship will give rise to order to avoid a ‘cliff-edge’ for trade is
additional friction and costs affecting examined.
trade flows between the UK and the EU27
compared to the current situation under
the Union “acquis”.
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