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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
As below, David Frost agreed to align NI with the EU for food with effect from this month. It's a kind of Yes Minister situation when he criticises his own agreement.   |
Where in the Protocol(ie this International agreement that people keep going on about) does it specify that? It doesn't as I've previously pointed out. Any difficulties are whatever the EU decides they are going to be, as part of the Joint Committee.
That is before you get into the fact that the Withdrawal Agreement as a whole(including Protocols) is only meant to be an interim measure. That is set out in the International Agreement that is the Lisbon Treaty(ie EUs own rules). A Protocol to an Agreement expires when the Agreement itself expires. The Protocol is not a separate and distinct Agreement.
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RECALLING that Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom and will benefit from participation in the United Kingdom's independent trade policy,
HAVING REGARD to the importance of maintaining the integral place of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom’s internal market,
MINDFUL that the rights and obligations of Ireland under the rules of the Union's internal market and customs union must be fully respected,
HAVE AGREED UPON the following provisions, which shall be annexed to the Withdrawal Agreement:
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