The Scotsman

How latest no deal plans affect you

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Passports: EU rules require non-eu passport holders to have travel documents that are valid for at least six months on the date of their arrival, meaning many of those with a passport expiring next year would have to have it renewed before travelling to Europe in the event of a no deal Brexit Drivers’ licences: Anyone wanting to drive in the EU would need to apply for an Internatio­nal Driving Permit (IDP) to accompany their UK drivers’ licence. There are two separate regimes for IDPS, with individual countries deciding which to apply – so for a road trip through France and Spain, you would need both. Mobile phones: Roaming charges for using your mobile phone to make calls and texts, or browse the web away from a wi-fi network, were abolished under EU rules last year. The government admits that “could no longer be guaranteed” for British travellers to the EU after a no-deal Brexit, but Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said charges could be capped under UK law, and insisted that Vodafone, Three, EE and O2, which cover more than 85 per cent of mobile subscriber­s, have no current plans to change their roaming fees

Space: The UK would find itself outside the EU’S Space Surveillan­ce and Tracking programme, which provides warnings of potential collisions to satellite operators, as well as alerts about “debris coming back to Earth on a scheduled or unschedule­d basis”. UK firms working on the EU’S €10 billion Galileo satellite navigation system could also be cut out of existing contracts as well as barred from seeking new ones Firearms: There would be more bureaucrac­y for owners of firearms if they want to take them to EU countries, because the European Firearms Pass would no longer be available to UK citizens

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