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Gwnaeth y DU ymadael â’r UE ar 31 Ionawr 2020 ac roedd y Cytundeb Ymadael yn darparu cyfnod pontio a fydd yn dod i ben ar 31 Rhagfyr 2020\.


Hyd yn oed cyn dyfodiad Covid\-19, byddai wedi bod yn anodd iawn gwneud popeth mewn amser mor fyr. Bellach, mae hynny’n edrych yn eithriadol o anodd.


Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi anwybyddu apêl Llywodraeth Cymru i roi mwy o amser paratoi i fusnesau a llywodraeth ac y mae wedi dweud wrth yr UE na fyddai’n gofyn am gael estyn y cyfnod pontio.  Daeth y cyfle ffurfiol i wneud hynny i ben ar 1 Gorffennaf 2020\.


Felly, dim ond chwe mis sydd gennym i ddarparu’r holl systemau, prosesau, seilwaith, deddfwriaeth, fframweithiau a’r personél sydd eu hangen i fod yn barod ar gyfer 1 Ionawr 2021\.


Rhaid gwneud hyn oll yng nghyd\-destun ceisio ymateb i argyfwng Covid sy’n gofyn am holl sylw’r llywodraeth a busnesau, nawr ac i’r dyfodol.


I wneud pethau hyd yn oed yn anoddach, mae ansicrwydd mawr wrth inni aros am ganlyniadau’r trafodaethau masnach â’r UE, eglurder ynghylch y trefniadau ar ffiniau’r DU ac union fanylion y protocol ar Ogledd Iwerddon a’i oblygiadau i weddill y DU. Nid yw papur gorchymyn Llywodraeth y DU yn rhoi inni’r eglurder sydd ei angen arnom.


Yn wir, efallai na chawn yr wybodaeth sydd ei hangen tan yn ddiweddarach yn y flwyddyn, gan roi ond ychydig iawn o amser i lywodraethau wneud y newidiadau angenrheidiol i gyfraith a systemau, ac i fusnesau ddod i ddeall y rheolau newydd ac addasu iddyn nhw. Mae’n anodd asesu costau hyn na dadansoddi’r effeithiau tebygol ond bydd beichiau ychwanegol ar fusnesau.


Nid yw’n syndod bod Llywodraeth y DU ond am gyflwyno mesurau ysgafn ar gyfer rheoli mewnforion ar y ffin, hynny fel cam interim fydd yn fodd i estyn y terfyn mis Rhagfyr.


Fodd bynnag, consesiwn bach iawn yw hwn ac mae’n wahanol iawn i’r estyniad i’r cyfnod pontio rydym ni wedi gofyn amdano.  Er mwyn delio â’r heriau sy’n ein hwynebu, bydd yn rhaid inni flaenoriaethu’r gwaith a chanolbwyntio ar elfennau hanfodol y rhaglen bontio y bydd yn rhaid eu cael yn eu lle erbyn 1 Ionawr 2021\.


Bydd fy swyddogion a finnau’n parhau i weithio gyda Llywodraeth y DU a’r gweinyddiaethau datganoledig eraill er mwyn dewis a chynnal y blaenoriaethau hynny er gwaetha’r holl bwysau sy’n gysylltiedig â Covid\-19 a’r ansicrwydd ynghylch y berthynas rhwng y DU a’r UE a’r cytundebau masnach â gwledydd eraill.







Translation:


 
The UK left the EU on the 31st January 2020\. The transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU will expire on the 31st December 2020\.


Delivery on the scale necessary and to such tight timescales looked very difficult prior to the arrival of the Covid 19 crisis. It now looks extremely challenging.


The UK Government has dismissed the Welsh Government’s calls to give businesses and governments additional time to prepare and has formally advised the EU that it would not seek to extend the transition period. This opportunity formally expired on the 1st July 2020\.


There are now just over six months to deliver all the systems, processes, infrastructure, legislation, frameworks and trained personnel necessary to be ready for the 1st January 2021\.


All of this has to be delivered in the context of ongoing emergency response and recovery from the Covid crisis which is consuming efforts in government and in businesses, and is likely to do so for some time.


Furthermore, delivery is hampered by considerable uncertainty as we await the outcome of trade negotiations with the EU, further clarity on the UK’s border arrangements and precise detail, agreed with the EU, on the operation of the Protocol on Northern Ireland which will have implications throughout the UK.  The UK Government’s command paper provides no such clarity.


Indeed, such outcomes may not emerge until much later in the year, providing little time for governments to incorporate the necessary legal and systems changes or for businesses to understand new rules and adapt business models accordingly. It is difficult to assess the costs of this or to make any sound analysis of the likely impacts but there will be additional burdens for business.


It is unsurprising, that the UK Government seeks to introduce plans for light touch import border controls as an interim measure in order to extend the December deadline.


However, it is a limited concession, far from the extension to the transition period that we have advocated and in order to deal with all the challenges of delivery we will have to prioritise our efforts to focus on the delivery of critical elements of the transition programme that must be in place by the 1st January 2021\. 


I, and my officials continue to work with counterparts in the UK Government and other devolved administrations in order to identify and deliver on these priorities despite the continued pressures around Covid 19 and the uncertain context around the UK\-EU relationship and trade deals with other countries.