How to prepare for Brexit?
In the event of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU without an agreement:
You must prepare for Brexit by anticipating all necessary administrative decisions and actions to avoid disruption.
Find out what practical steps should be taken:
1.
Register your company with the national customs authority, so that you can carry out commercial transactions with non-member countries;
2.
Check if your company has the technical and human resources and capabilities, as well as all the customs authorizations necessary to import and export;
3.
Get information from the national customs authority about possible customs simplifications for your company:
a) simplificações para sujeição de mercadorias a um regime aduaneiro; simplification for placing goods under a customs procedure;b) garantias globais, com montantes reduzidos ou dispensas;c) simplificações relativas aos regimes de trânsito.
4.
Talk to your business partners (suppliers, intermediaries, logistics operators), as Brexit can influence your supply chain, namely transit times.
5.
Make sure you have a dispatcher appointed, with a power of attorney for the act, to support you in the customs process.