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EU dispatches new legal action against UK over Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

EU dispatches new legal action against UK over Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

The European Commission sent off four new infringement methods, or legal action, against the UK for not complying with significant guidelines overseeing trading plans for Northern Ireland. The EU overseeing body’s press statement made sense of the UK’s reluctance to take part in the significant discussion and proceeded with the entry  of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill through the UK Parliament go directly against the soul of constructive cooperation].”

The infringements connect with an expressed inability to collect and furnish the EU with data regarding exports from Northern Ireland to Great Britain and to implement rules agreed on EU excise obligations, Value Added Tax, and alcohol excise duties.

The four new infringement techniques come in addition to the infringement strategies the commission sent off on June 15. In response to the declaration, a UK government spokesperson expressed, that it is disappointing that the EU has chosen to bring forward further legal action, especially on goods leaving Northern Ireland for Great Britain which self-obviously present no risk to the EU single market.