Agreement provides real-time information on goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
Talks aimed at finding a solution to the question of the Northern Ireland protocol reopened in September after the appointment of Liz Truss as prime minister and continued when Rishi Sunak succeeded her in Downing Street.
In a sign of the intensification of talks, Ireland’s foreign minister, Micheál Martin, will meet Šefčovič in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the progress. But there are concerns that both sides still have serious differences to reconcile. An EU official cautioned that other issues – agreement on customs, plant, animal andEU sources played down the significance of reaching an agreement ahead of the 25th anniversary, saying the EU had never put emphasis on hard deadlines, although it hoped for an agreement as soon as possible.
It believes the paperwork suppliers complete for ferry or plane operators gives the EU enough data and would weed out smugglers if complemented by trusted trader schemes and fines for noncompliance.
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