The 🇪🇺 is not threatening food supply to Northern Ireland. We are committed to the faithful implementation of the Protocol.
EU rules will continue to apply to food imports into NI. This avoids a hard border on the island of Ireland. The UK agreed to this. [1/4] @NewtonEmerson
On listing 🇬🇧 for food imports: the same objective rules apply to all third countries. We need clarity on UK rules after 1/1/21 - not what the rules are today - in particular for imports. [2/4]
Oct 3, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
.@NatashaBertaud: “@JunckerEU stressed that the Withdrawal Agreement must have a legally operational solution - not arrangements to be developed and agreed in the transition period.”
“This solution must meet all the objectives of the backstop: preventing a hard border, preserving North-South cooperation and the all-island economy, and protecting the EU’s Single Market and Ireland’s place in it.”
