New system a ‘decisive breakthrough’ claims Sunak while deal has ‘removed any sense of a border in the Irish Sea’, says von der Leyen
Northern Ireland protocol deal: New Windsor Framework ensures ‘hard-earned peace’ is preserved, Biden saysUnionists wanted it changed because they believe a trade border between Northern Ireland and Britain undermined Northern Ireland’s position in the United Kingdom. The Democratic Unionist Party objected to forming a new powersharing government unless it was fixed.
Bans on certain products, such as chilled sausages, entering Northern Ireland from Britain will be scrapped.Where the old protocol would eventually, once grace periods lapsed, have required a full customs declaration for every consumer parcel entering the North, there will no such requirement under the Windsor Framework. Instead the UK has agreed that authorised parcel operators will share data, in batches, to monitor and manage any risks of smuggling into the EU market.
The brake cannot be triggered for “trivial” reasons and can only be used if there is something “significantly different” about a new EU rule and the 30 MLAs can show the rule has a “significant impact specific to everyday life that is liable to persist.” Any veto imposed by the UK on “the Stormont brake” can only be challenged through independent arbitration mechanisms, not the ECJ.
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