[Lfm] fedex inbound

[Baron, Olga]

Dear LFM community,

I am writing to see if anyone had recently success with the strategy suggested by Cahir.

How feasible is it currently to import BDSC fly orders via Fedex into UK?

Many thanks,
Olga

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Subject: Re: [Lfm] fedex inbound


Hi Kofan and Isabel (and anyone else)

The Drosophila Fedex import problem should (at least theoretically) be solved - although I don't know whether this is yet happening in practice.

The problem was that Drosophila could only be imported into the EU in compliance with animal import procedures - which had been written with larger or agricultural animals in mind. They therefore had to be imported from outside the EU via a Border Inspection Post (BIP), where they were subject to a veterinary inspection. If flies are imported to the UK by Fedex, they arrive at Stansted Airport - unfortunately the UK government has no BIP there, and so the flies got destroyed there.

However, EU legislation was passed in 2017, which was intended to solve this problem. After sustained lobbying by a number of people including Jörg Grosshans, aided by his lawyer sister Anne-Marie (and one brief supporting appearance from myself), a petition to the European Parliament found general support there, and a clause was included in the most recent omnibus legislation on imports of animals and animal products:

The full legislation (for those who want the citation) is here:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32017R0625<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feur-lex.europa.eu%2Flegal-content%2FEN%2FTXT%2F%3Furi%3DCELEX%253A32017R0625&data=01%7C01%7Colga.baron%40kcl.ac.uk%7C25934988fda2418aa28008d825f7dcaf%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=do8gjdWIanZHSCbss1N1QeMSROKk2QnRkBSp3d2qhxA%3D&reserved=0>

Article 48 (b) of this is a single line that exempts from control at border posts: "animals and goods intended for scientific purposes".

This legislation was meant to enter into force in all member states on 14th December 2019 - this included the UK, and should still do.

The bottom line

1. - Since 14th December 2019, UK (and EU27) Customs should no longer be requiring a veterinary inspection for Drosophila  melanogaster "intended for scientific purposes". It might be advisable to enter "for scientific purposes" on the Customs label, so that UK Customs will know this.

2. There should no longer any regulatory reason for problems with Fedex imports of Drosophila melanogaster to UK labs - nor to any EU27 Drosophila research lab.

3. Disclaimer - I don't know how far this happy conclusion has been tested in practice, either via Stansted, or for fly imports into any other EU member state from outside the EU (including from the UK to the EU after the transition period ends at the end of 2020).

Sorry for the long explanation - but I thought that it's better to be informed if anyone wants to try it out.

Best wishes to all,

Cahir


On 10/07/2020 17:18, Isabel Palacios wrote:

no change that i know of

it has to do with the lack of specialised personal at airports

isa

On 10/07/2020 16:18, kofan wrote:

Dear all
Hopefully everyone is good and slowly getting back to the lab.
I remember fedex stopped Drosophila import a while ago, but just wonder if this has changed or any of you know a way around it?

many thanks
Kofan

Dr Ko-Fan Chen
Honorary Research Associate
Jepson Laboratory
UCL Institute of Neurology
Queen Square House
WC1N 3RX London



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