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<p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) ensures that the vast majority
of journeys will continue as they did before the end of the transition period. EU
and UK hauliers are able to operate to, from and through each other’s territories
with no restriction, and undertake up to two additional movements within each other’s
territories.</p><p>With regards to border flow and COVID-19 testing requirements,
haulier testing for drivers operating in the EU is now available at 34 Information
and Advice Sites across the country which are strategically located, aligned to strategic
routes to ports and typical haulier footfall. The Department has tested over 700,000
hauliers for COVID-19 since December 2020 with a positivity rate of 0.1%. The high
compliance demonstrates the effectiveness of the COVID testing at Information and
Advice Sites as it enables goods to flow freely across borders and delivers robust
public health mitigations to manage the risk of infection in England. As of 19<sup>th</sup>
August, only Germany have any testing requirements for hauliers entering from the
UK.</p><p>The Department will continue to monitor the changing situation and rapidly
engage with hauliers if there are any further changes to haulier testing.</p>
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