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EU-made electric vehicles look set to avoid a 10% tariff after the EU tabled a deal that should see current trade terms extended by three years. The initial terms of the Trade Cooperation Agreement relating to EV sales were due to expire on 31 December this year.

The European Commission is working on proposals to ‘cushion’ the impact of the 10% tariff on imports and exports of electric vehicles. The potential move is in response to pressure from carmakers to amend some of the conditions imposed when the UK left the EU in January 2021.

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The UK government has unveiled the Windsor Framework, providing a new legal and UK constitutional framework for trading goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

Over eighty members joined the BVRLA’s first Residual Value and Remarketing (RVR) Forum of 2022 last week. 

There is still time for Members to subscribe to the latest Residual Value and Remarketing (RVR) Forum, taking place this Thursday (10 February) from 10am. 

The government has published ‘The Benefits of Brexit – How the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU’, a document designed to outline how the country has made the most of opportunities presented since the EU Exit two years ago. 

Professor David Bailey will give a high-level academic view on the motor industry over the next 12 months, including his thoughts on what could disrupt the market, at the upcoming digital Residual Value and Remarketing (RVR) Forum on the 10 February.

The Cabinet Office has issued a final reminder to hauliers ahead of the changes to the Goods Vehicle Moving Service (GVMS) coming into effect from 1 January 2022. 

The UK is progressing with plans to introduce an operators’ licence regime for vans going abroad, including those taken between Northern and Southern Ireland.

The UK Government has issued a number of updates relating to travel between the UK and EU, spanning haulier registrations, and the movement of goods and people.

The 2021 edition of the BVRLA's annual Road to Zero Report Card not only assesses progress towards zero emission fleets in terms of EV supply, EV demand and charging infrastructure, but also for the first time compares progress for cars, vans and trucks.