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Ensure you have completed all the necessary registration requirements for importing POAO:
registered with DAFM as an importer of products of animal origin
registered with TRACES
register for access to the DAFM Imports Notification Inspection System (INIS Portal)
identify who is the operator responsible for the consignment will be.
Consignments of fishery products must enter via a designated Irish Border Control Post (BCP) only.
All fish imports must be accompanied by a health certificate for entry into the EU from Great Britain. Ensure that your GB supplier can meet the requirements for certification. A colour scanned copy of the health certificate needs to be provided to the importer. The original health certificate must travel with the consignment.

Additional documentation that may be required:

Catch Certificate- wild caught fishery products
Processing Statement – if wild caught fish have been stored or processed
The operator responsible for the consignment must provide:
24 hours prior notification of the arrival of the consignment by submitting Part 1 of the Common Health Entry Document (CHED P) in TRACES. Log into TRACES.
24 hours before arrival of the consignment to the BCP, send a notification to DAFM using the imports portal. Person responsible for the consignment includes all relevant details requested by the Imports portal, e.g. Movement Reference Number, CHED number, means of transport, packaging, invoice etc. A scanned Copy of the Original Health Certificate (colour scan of original) must be uploaded to the Imports Portal. (The portal will prescribe the mandatory documents which must be uploaded).
The requirements specific for the imports and direct landings of fish and fishery products can be accessed on the SFPA’s Brexit Information section.
Import consignments;
Import direct landings; Brexit Information | Sea Fisheries Protection Authority