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The #Brexit #Protocol Press Release from UK Gov today was titled
“Major £650 million investment for Northern Ireland”
Which is one way of putting it.
Another might be: “This is costing us a pretty packet… & we’re only warming up”.
Thread (containing a beautiful SLIDE!)
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“Major £650 million investment for Northern Ireland”
Which is one way of putting it.
Another might be: “This is costing us a pretty packet… & we’re only warming up”.
Thread (containing a beautiful SLIDE!)
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Most of that £££££ is to fund a Trader Support Service #TSS to help businesses manage the new regime for getting goods into NI from GB & RoW.
The TSS is "new & unprecedented".
See @AnnaJerzewska's razor sharp analysis of quite what that means.
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The TSS is "new & unprecedented".
See @AnnaJerzewska's razor sharp analysis of quite what that means.
2/8 https://twitter.com/AnnaJerzewska/status/1291632282348990465?s=20
So.
Never been done before.
It's only being announced now.
Still at procurement stage.
Yet UKG promise it will be operational in September.
Movement of goods from GB-NI will be depending on it come 1 January 2021.
Let’s just say, we are cutting it fine.
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Never been done before.
It's only being announced now.
Still at procurement stage.
Yet UKG promise it will be operational in September.
Movement of goods from GB-NI will be depending on it come 1 January 2021.
Let’s just say, we are cutting it fine.
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Alongside the moolah, we have more & very important guidance issued for moving goods in & out of NI come 1 Jan 2021.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moving-goods-under-the-northern-ireland-protocol
It is impossible to top @MichaelAodhan's summary of its
and 
here:
https://twitter.com/MichaelAodhan/status/1291631576217001984?s=20
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moving-goods-under-the-northern-ireland-protocol
It is impossible to top @MichaelAodhan's summary of its
and here:https://twitter.com/MichaelAodhan/status/1291631576217001984?s=20
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Re: mvnt of goods to/from NI it says UK govt 'will ensure that':
•NI into GB ‘should take place as it does now’
•Changes for GB into NI ‘will be kept to an absolute minimum’
•Trade in goods NI-IRL & NI-EU 'will continue unaffected'
•NI to benefit from UK FTAs
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•NI into GB ‘should take place as it does now’
•Changes for GB into NI ‘will be kept to an absolute minimum’
•Trade in goods NI-IRL & NI-EU 'will continue unaffected'
•NI to benefit from UK FTAs
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BUT
Some of these promises are somewhat tempered by the text itself.
E.g. UKG’s "unequivocal position" that there shd be no export or exit summary declarations for NI into GB "will require formal agmt… via the UK-EU Joint Committee".
It'll need a change of EU position too.
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Some of these promises are somewhat tempered by the text itself.
E.g. UKG’s "unequivocal position" that there shd be no export or exit summary declarations for NI into GB "will require formal agmt… via the UK-EU Joint Committee".
It'll need a change of EU position too.
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It also has must-read info on new terms for moving goods from GB into NI in relation to, e.g., agri-food & SPS 
The #Protocol sets the relevant rules that will endure until at least 1 Jan 2027*
So there's alot to adjust to, inc in GB.
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*longer than the TSS or this Parl
The #Protocol sets the relevant rules that will endure until at least 1 Jan 2027*
So there's alot to adjust to, inc in GB.
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*longer than the TSS or this Parl
Last but not least (& what I was building up to 
)…
Here is a chart of what the UKG guidance itself notes that we still need guidance/info/detail on….
As you can see, it is rather a lot.
& underlines the immense importance of the UK-EU #JointCommittee decisions to come.
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)…Here is a chart of what the UKG guidance itself notes that we still need guidance/info/detail on….
As you can see, it is rather a lot.
& underlines the immense importance of the UK-EU #JointCommittee decisions to come.
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