This is most likely self-certification by exporter or importer. Which is standard in recent trade deals.
You're not cutting any red tape with that cause there was no red tape to begin with. It was always going to be self-certification
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Also, the problems with, or the burden of, of proving origin doesn't happen at the border.
So most of it is fairly generic at the moment but some interesting bits there. Like RVC 25% for cars.
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A standard SME and Trade and Gender Equality chapters which sound great but in practice are more of a "let's try our best" type of commitment.
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Not much on TBTs though some "processes" and "ongoing" dialogues. Very standard customs chapter but a CMAA could be interesting.
Plus a lot of what was already mentioned in the last few days.
We'll have to wait for further details.
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Indeed ROI would be "paying the price" for ensuring there is no border between north and south.
I'm not sure what the tangible impact would be on trade between ROI/EU but any costs and delays would now be for the EU MS to absorb. Significant transfer of responsibility here.
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And difficult to imagine this being introduced without any further consequences for the UK as it would normalise UK's unwillingness to implement the Protocol. A document the UK:
✅negotiated,
✅signed and
✅promoted domestically as a massive success.
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Turns out the supplementary customs declarations due this month (from this month onwards) are also a problem for the customs industry. Risk of a backlog.
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Traders unprepared and often unaware of the obligations.
Brokers lack capacity, often don't communicate with traders due to lack of time. Or they wrongly assume that traders know what's required.
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You need special authorisation to be able to submit these supplementary declarations and not every broker has one. The application process is complex.
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