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18 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
UK statement on @DavidGHFrost @MarosSefcovic meeting last Friday:

Lord Frost and EU Commission Vice President Šefčovič met on 15 October in Brussels for a discussion of the continuing difficulties in relation to the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland.
2/ They discussed the proposals published by the EU on 13 October. Lord Frost recognised the efforts Vice President Šefčovič had made in bringing these forward, and underlined that we would discuss them constructively and in a positive spirit.
3/ Lord Frost set out the UK position and reaffirmed the need for significant changes to the current arrangements, as set out in the 21 July Command Paper, including on governance.
Further talks will continue at official level in Brussels this week.
4/ The UK’s focus will be on finding durable solutions, rapidly, that safeguard the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in all its dimensions.

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13 Oct
U.K. govt response to EU proposals:

“The EU have now published their proposals in response to those in our Command Paper. We are studying the detail and will of course look at them seriously and constructively.
2/ "The next step should be intensive talks on both our sets of proposals, rapidly conducted, to determine whether there is common ground to find a solution.
3/ “Significant changes which tackle the fundamental issues at the heart of the Protocol, including governance, must be made if we are to agree a durable settlement which commands support in Northern Ireland.
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13 Oct
More info on the EU proposals:
2/ The European Commission says its proposals to ease the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol will cut checks and controls on a range of retail goods by 80pc.
3/ The proposals will also cut customs formalities on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland by half, and there will be new EU legislation to guarantee that medicines licensed in Great Britain can be freely circulated in Northern Ireland.
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12 Oct
Here is the gist of the EU proposals on the NI Protocol, to be set out by @MarosSefcovic tomorrow:
1/ Sources say overall the proposals will mean a "massive" reduction in checks and controls on goods moving GB-NI, and in customs formalities
2/ There will be simplifications and relaxations that will allow for the free flow of SPS goods into NI, including "identity products". Essentially the movement of chilled meats (ie sausages) will be control free but labelling will be required
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11 Oct
As the ECJ row deepens, I'm in Dunkirk where Ireland's Europe Minister @ThomasByrneTD is inaugurating a new Irish terminal. Since Jan 1 there have been 50,000 freight units moving from here to Rosslare, sidestepping the UK landbridge
2/ Speaking ahead of the inauguration Mr Byrne told @rtenews the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) was set out in the Protocol that UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his chief Brexit minister David Frost negotiated.
3/ He said: “The European Court of Justice [role] is not new because it's there in Article 12 of the Northern Ireland Protocol. It’s been there since David Frost and Boris Johnson negotiated the Protocol.
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8 Oct
The European Commission will publish its proposals on easing the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol next Wednesday, RTÉ News understands.
Details of the package of measures, covering the movements of medicines and agrifood products from GB to NI, as well as an easing of customs requirements and an enhanced role for Stormont, are being finalised, although they have not yet been shared with member states.
3/ However, sources familiar with the measures say they will be “more far reaching” than people expect.

One source said the proposals will be “difficult” for the U.K. to dismiss.
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24 Sep
NEW: The EU is likely to challenge on legal grounds any move by the UK to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, @rtenews understands.
2/ Furthermore, the EU could resort to raising tariffs on UK products in retaliation, which officials say is provided for under the EU-UK free trade agreement.
3/ Although the UK government has repeatedly threatened to trigger Article 16, saying the conditions have already been met, the European Commission does not believe that to be the case, and would challenge any triggering of the article on legal grounds.
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