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Originally Posted by Paddy1
So you're not planning on shipping anything TO the EU then?
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It's about where the goods are alleged to be finally going to. If goods go from UK to France, it's a standard cross border thing. If goods leave Ireland, arrive in the UK, but are said to be going on to France, what happens? The UK bans the goods from entry because they do not comply with UK rules? If they are allowed in, they are subject to UK applied tariffs, but what happens in France? Non-UK compliant & tariffed goods would be in the UK. That is the same as what the EU is complaining about(non-EU compliant & tariffed goods being in the EU).
The EU is effectively insisting that the rest of the UK is blocked from sending goods to NI, as they wouldn't be EU compliant. Otherwise as, the EU constantly complains, non-EU compliant goods could end up in Ireland or in the NI-Irish Republic customs zone.