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I agree. S&S declarations are an interesting one cause I honestly can't understand why (to my knowledge) we did not ask for a waiver similar to what NO & CH have.
A waiver would also make the Irish Sea border a lot simpler.
/1 https://twitter.com/AllieRenison/status/1332655859806183432
A waiver would also make the Irish Sea border a lot simpler.
/1 https://twitter.com/AllieRenison/status/1332655859806183432
Recently @pmdfoster prompted me to check the agreements to see if the S&S declarations waiver was related to Single Market commitments or anything else that could make it impossible for the UK and the EU to agree on one.
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This is what the Norwegian customs says about this wavier
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And if the UK was to agree on such a waiver an agreement with Norway and Switzerland would also be possible
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This seems to be the key point.
This plus the UK would need pre notifications for trade with non-EU countries which is something the UK already applies to imports and exports to/from non-EU countries.
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This plus the UK would need pre notifications for trade with non-EU countries which is something the UK already applies to imports and exports to/from non-EU countries.
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The only thing I can see in the agreement with Norway, that the UK might find constraining, is the fact that the safety and security declarations need to include data fields specified under the EU customs legislation - but that's what they look like now anyway.
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Basically, unless I'm missing something, I can't see anything in the legislation that would make it politically challenging for the UK to ask for such a waiver.
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