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Originally Posted by jonbxx
It's the 'not likely to' that's the problem. That requires a degree of trust on behalf of the importer that products still comply with local standards and there's no trust with this kind of thing, you have to prove it.
Third countries of course can export to the EU but the exporter has to show that the goods comply with EU regulations and the EU has to inspect goods to test this. For the example of CE marking, there are mutual recognition agreements so certain goods can be imported to the EU without additional testing and vice versa. Examples includes agreements with Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the USA, Israel and Switzerland. However, these agreements include the right to challenge any technical assessment at any time to ensure ongoing compliance. There's no trust involved...
You are right of course that EU manufacturers make products that are not legally sellable in the EU. There are some national technical requirements that differ so much from EU ones that they are mutually incompatible. The company I work for makes some machinery like this and they are very carefully segregated to make sure they are not sold in the EU
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The pre-Dec 2020 of the withdrawal agreement deals with all this. The contentious issue is what happens afterwards and who has control.
Any checks are already made to goods coming into the UK. Anything that goes into the Republic of Ireland is a matter for them and the EU, NOT the UK. It is NOT for the EU to be dictating what we do on our side of any border.
Who should the EU trust more, the UK which had been part of it for decades or certain countries over in the East of Europe?