Barnier's spokesman stresses what the chief negotiator told EU Parliament re Irish Sea "checks and controls" to be implemented within UK from GB-NI contained with Johnson negotiated Ireland protocol, that has now passed Commons...
Updated EC slides intra-UK checks taking place in eg Belfast under PMs Brexit deal
- EU import/custom checks
- by UK authorities applying EU rules
- under ECJ competence
- EU reps right to be present and “direct checks”
-agrifood checks
- “risk based” industrial product checks
- EU import/custom checks
- by UK authorities applying EU rules
- under ECJ competence
- EU reps right to be present and “direct checks”
-agrifood checks
- “risk based” industrial product checks
Interesting asterisk here... re “NI can be included in the territorial scope of the UKs independent trade policy”...
“Provided that this does not prejudice the application of the Protocol”
“Provided that this does not prejudice the application of the Protocol”
