Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks are one of the biggest problems.
Proposals will be tabled by Maroš Šefčovič, the EU commissioner for Brexit, at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon but some of the detail has already leaked out. So what is the proposed EU solution on meat, dairy and plant imports from Britain? Most headline-grabbing of all, as the EU has a prohibition on prepared meats such as sausages entering the single market from a third country, Northern Ireland appeared doomed to lose out on the British banger as well as other products such as English roses. Within the UK’s Brexit withdrawal agreement with the EU, a protocol lays out arrangements that effectively keep Northern Ireland in the single market, drawing a customs border between it and the rest of the UK, with checks on goods passing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.īoth sides recognise that the implementation of this deal triggered the disruption of supply chains, increased costs and reduced choice for consumers in Northern Ireland. What has been the problem in Northern Ireland since the start of the year?
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