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Apr 24 2025

Windsor Framework changes to impact B2B parcel movements

As of 1 May 2025, changes to the Windsor Framework will come into effect, requiring information to be submitted to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) about business-to-business parcel movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

 

The Windsor Framework is a post-Brexit agreement between the UK and EU, which was agreed in February 2023. It was implemented to streamline trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

It replaces the original Northern Ireland Protocol with a dual-route system: a ‘green lane’ for goods staying within Northern Ireland, subject to minimal checks, and a ‘red lane’ for goods destined for the EU, which face full customs procedures.

 

Designed to ease logistical burdens, it aims to reduce paperwork for trusted traders and safeguard the flow of goods, while ensuring Northern Ireland continues to align with EU standards for certain products.

The framework is intended to balance economic efficiency with political stability, addressing concerns that its predecessor, the Northern Ireland Protocol, was “the source of acute political, economic and societal difficulties in the two years since it has been operating”, as the Conservative government led by Rishi Sunak described it in February 2023. Read more

 

Source: LOGISTICS MANAGER