SPS Agreement: The EU-UK Strategic Partnership
Details of the SPS Agreement following the UK-EU Summit held 19 May 2025.
UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement
The UK and the EU agreed a common understanding on 19 May 2025 to strengthen cooperation on several areas, including SPS (Sanitary Phytosanitary) arrangements. These new arrangements will be inclusive of plants and plant products.
The term “common understanding” means that further negotiations will be required to work through the detail, but each side has committed to establishing a “Sanitary and Phytosanitary Zone” to encompass both the UK and the EU. Until the negotiations have concluded and the outcomes implemented, everything stays the same.
HTA Chief Executive Officer updates on the SPS agreement
SPS Agreement: The EU-UK Strategic Partnership
What’s the detail of the SPS Agreement following the UK-EU Summit held on 19 May 2025? Read the member briefing document below, which summarises the SPS arrangements, negotiations and what to do now.
HTA Director of Public Affairs, Jennifer Pheasey discusses through the SPS agreement
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