Wow, I just plugged the data about my own professional service business into the UK Government's "Get Ready for Brexit Check" and set out below is what I got...
As you read it, remember that free trade deals do not cover the export/import of services to anywhere near the extent that the UK trades in services under the principle of free movement of services as an EU member state. So, any form of Brexit effectively means "No Deal" for services.
All I can say is that I'm very relieved that I did my Brexit-proofing last year!
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Based on your answers, we know:
- You own or operate a business or organisation
- You work in professional, legal and business services
- Your business sells goods or services in the UK
- Your business provides services in the EU
- You do not employ EU citizens
- You exchange personal data with EU organisations
- You process personal data from the EU
- You use websites or services hosted in the EU
- You provide digital services to the EU
- You use or rely on intellectual property protection
- You use or rely on IP copyright protection
- You do not receive EU or UK government funding
- You do not sell products or services to the public sector
- You are a British national
- You live in the UK
- You are employed in the UK
- You plan to travel to Ireland
Your business or organisation
Check if you need to change your conformity assessment or
conformity marking to sell your CE marked goods in the UK or EU
In most cases you can continue using the CE marking in the EU
and UK (although in some cases you may need to transfer your certificate
of conformity to an EU conformity asssesment body) - but if your good
requires UKCA marking and you have not used it, then it will not be
valid for sale in the UK.
Read the guidance:
Prepare to use the UKCA mark after Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Get legal advice if your business is merging with an EU company
If you do not follow the rules, you may be investigated by the
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the European Commission.
Read the guidance:
Merger review and anti-competitive activity after Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Check if you need to appoint a representative in the EU, and label your goods with your EU importer's details
If you do not meet the requirements, you may not be able to export goods to the EU.
Read the guidance:
Placing manufactured goods on the EU market after Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Check if your employees need a visa or work permit and meet
any requirements for their profession to work in the country they’re
going to
You or your employees may not be able to enter or work in some countries.
Do it as soon as possible
Check if you need to change how you do accounting and reporting
You may breach reporting requirements in EEA countries if you do not make any changes you need to.
Read the guidance:
Accounting if there's a no-deal Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
You will not be able to access personal data from the EU without the right contract.
Do it as soon as possible
Check how to label food if you're selling it in the UK or EU
You may not be able to sell goods in the EU if they're labelled incorrectly.
Read the guidance:
Food labelling changes if there's a no-deal Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Check if you need to pay a tariff on goods you import from the EU
Your goods will be held at customs if you do not pay the correct tariff.
It takes more than 4 weeks
Sign up to search for contracts to sell goods or services to the UK public sector
You won't receive notifications of new UK public sector contract opportunities.
Read the guidance:
Public-sector procurement after a no-deal Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Check if you need to change your contracts to broadcast licenced content outside the UK
You may not be able to broadcast outside the UK if you do not get extra copyright permissions.
Read the guidance:
Copyright if there's no Brexit deal
Do it as soon as possible
Check if you need permission to sell someone's intellectual property in the EEA, if you've already sold it in the UK
You may not be able to export your intellectual property
protected products from the UK to the EEA without the right permission.
Read the guidance:
Brexit and exhaustion of intellectual property rights
Do it as soon as possible
You may be fined if you do not have a representative to help you meet online security standards.
Do it as soon as possible
Exchange your UK Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) for an EU Driver CPC
You will not be able to drive a lorry, bus or coach for an EU operator if you do not have an EU Driver CPC.
Read the guidance:
Driving in the EU after Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Check how to get approval to sell vehicles and vehicle parts in the UK and the EU
You will not be able to sell vehicles or vehicle parts in the UK and the EU if they are not approved correctly.
Read the guidance:
Vehicle type-approval if there’s no Brexit deal
It takes more than 4 weeks
Check what steps you need to take in order to import goods from the EU
If you do not get your business ready, you may not be able to import goods into the UK from EU countries.
Read the guidance:
Get your business ready to import from the EU to the UK after Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Disclose your designs before 31 October if you want unregistered protection in the UK and EU
If you do not do this before 31 October, you’ll only have
protection where you first showed your design, either the UK or the EU.
Do it as soon as possible
Check what you need to do if you're a lawyer with an EU or EEA
qualification to still work or provide legal services in the UK
You may not be able to continue working or providing legal services in the UK if you do not prepare.
Read the guidance:
EU lawyers in the UK after a no-deal Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Check what you need to do if you own a UK legal services business
You may not be able to continue providing legal services in the same way if you do not get your business ready.
Read the guidance:
Legal services business owners after a no-deal Brexit
Do it as soon as possible
Check what you need to do if you're a lawyer with a UK qualification to still work or provide legal services in the EU
You may not be able to continue working or providing legal services in the EU if you do not prepare.
Do it as soon as possible
Check which carbon pricing policies you need to comply with before and after exit day
You may not comply correctly with emissions reporting and carbon pricing regulations, which could lead to a fine.
Read the guidance:
Meeting climate change requirements if there’s no Brexit deal
Up to one week
Check if your employees need to make social security contributions in the UK as well as in the EU, EEA or Switzerland
Your employees may not be entitled to healthcare or benefits in the country they work in.
Read the guidance:
Social security contributions for EU, EEA or Swiss workers
Do it as soon as possible
You may not need to do all these actions ahead of the 31 October deadline.
The action you may need to take may change subject to negotiations and your own circumstances.
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