Q: When joint report in December said option C for the Irish border would involve maintaining
full regulatory alignment, was that for the whole of the UK?
Mr Barnier said the UK has accepted the need to discus how to make «
full regulatory alignment» work in practice, while the other options are discussed in parallel.
The withdrawal agreement includes a fall back position if the UK leaves without a deal, which proposes «
full regulatory alignment» with the EU.
There's an exemption for countries like Switzerland or Norway which have
full regulatory alignment but....
Indeed, it can not spell out the meaning of the phase - one agreement it has already signed, with «
full regulatory alignment» dismissed by ministers as just another soundbite to add to the «deep and special partnership» and «leaving the EU but not leaving Europe».
Third, we encounter the small issue of the phase one deal agreed twelve days ago, which requires «
full regulatory alignment» with the single market and customs union on issues affecting the Good Friday Agreement and the all - island Irish economy.
Not exact matches
If the UK were able to accept
regulatory alignment with Euratom after Brexit it could theoretically secure almost
full access to the Nuclear Common Market through an Association Agreement with the Euratom Community.