British truck drivers will need EU counter - terrorism safety security certificates to enter the UK in the event of a no - deal Brexit , potentially causing more chaos for the UK . Pauline Bastidon from the FTA tweeted that she had been told of another company that “applied for 60 permits and got just 14”. Irish truck drivers travelling to mainland Europe via the UK will also need to have the certificates , according to unnamed sources . A no - deal Brexit deal would require all lorry drivers to have a European Conference of Ministers of Transport certificate . However , only 984 have been assigned to the UK this year , with around half of these allocated to Northern Ireland .
British truck drivers will need EU counter - terrorism safety security certificates to enter the UK in the event of a no - deal Brexit , potentially causing more chaos for the UK . Irish truck drivers travelling to mainland Europe via the UK will also need to have the certificates , according to unnamed sources . A no - deal Brexit deal would require all lorry drivers to have a European Conference of Ministers of Transport certificate . However , only 984 have been assigned to the UK this year , with around half of these allocated to Northern Ireland .