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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
It's the country that imports goods that would check them to ascertain that they are what they say they are so that they pay the relevant duties and meet the appropriate standards. If medicines were zero-rated and other items not zero-rated, then the importing country would need to check that the goods were actually medicines. And presumably the driver's licence and insurance would need verifying too.
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The article doesn't say any of that. How long would any checks(if they're done) take? We are an island and delays happen all the time, eg Channel Tunnel closed, Ferries not operating because of bad weather. Then there are often delays transporting within the UK. Still nothing that would hold things up to such an extent as to cause problems.
Anything in and coming from the EU, is supposed to meet EU regulations. That is supposed to be one of the EUs concerns. That the UK could produce or export something to the EU that doesn't meet their regulations, unless the EU restricts and checks the items.