[Lfm] fedex inbound

Sun Jul 12 08:33:39 BST 2020

those are wonderful news! and thanks to those involved.

On 12/07/2020 01:09, Cahir O'Kane wrote:
>
> 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
>
> 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
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>>> WC1N 3RX London
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School of Biological & Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
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