Sentences with phrase «border of the customs union»

And the ECJ will rule in favour of them for the simple reason that they are not enforcing the external border of the customs union.

Not exact matches

UK publishes Brexit positions After being criticized by European Union negotiators for months, the British government published several position papers this week, laying out detailed viewpoints on border issues between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as well as on the need for a transitional customs union following BrUnion negotiators for months, the British government published several position papers this week, laying out detailed viewpoints on border issues between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as well as on the need for a transitional customs union following Brunion following Brexit.

In Ireland, of course, a distinct deal for Northern Ireland is necessary to avoid a hard border with the Republic, while in Great Britain a differentiated deal would most likely create one with England, assuming it (unlike Scotland) left the Single Market and Customs Union.

Over the last 12 months, Leavers were warned that a hard Brexit outside the customs union and single market would lead to the return of a hard border in Ireland.

The border between Ireland and the UK will become an external border of the EU customs union and the only real solution Westminster has are its fantasy - land suggestions from yesterday about «innovative» new arrangements, either through streamlining checks or a new customs relationship.

It will be around this table that the big dogs of Mrs May's Cabinet will find their zen with customs union, hard or soft borders and the transition period.

«Emily made clear, as we have done for more than a year now, that the Government needs to deliver a deal which meets our six tests, in particular by explaining how we will maintain current arrangements on the Northern Ireland border, and ensure all UK firms maintain the current benefits of access to the single market and customs union, the source said.

That has meant that May's government has been repeatedly defeated over the EU withdrawal bill, with peers inflicting 15 defeats on issues such as the customs union, the Irish border and removing the precise date of Brexit — 29 March 2019 — from the legislation.

Here's the thing: you can't prevent a hard border outside of a customs union and single market.

Either Northern Ireland remains in a customs union, or the EU would have to impose some form of customs control at the border.

He states dutifully: «Before the referendum we all agreed on what leaving the EU logically must entail: leaving the customs union and the single market, leaving the penumbra of the ECJ; taking back control of borders, cash, laws.

But first it needs to know the border issue is sorted and, despite all the British promises of «creative» or «hi - tech» solutions, the truth is that customs unions have customs borders.

He then insisted: «It's a very relevant comparison because there's all sorts of scope for pre-booking, electronic checks, all sorts of things that you can do to obviate the need for a hard border to allow us to come out of the customs union, take back control of our trade policy and do trade deals.»

It is unwilling to offer guarantees of an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; because this would require either remaining in the EU customs union, or establishing customs checks between NI and the rest of the UK.

These include continued membership of the customs union in some form, the adoption of the EU charter of fundamental rights into domestic UK law, and Chris Patten's amendment ensuring that the UK and Ireland must agree any new Irish border rules before they come into force.

«I just can not see how the UK being outside the customs union can possibly work with an open border on the island of Ireland.»

TRAFFIC, the arm of the World Wide Fund for Nature that monitors trade in wildlife, has claimed that the European Union needs to tighten up controls at its borders and to improve the training it gives to its customs officers.