In a package of measures announced today, the European Commission also agreed to lift restrictions on guide dogs entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain, and to waive the need for motorists crossing the border into the South to have a motor insurance green card.
"On Border Control Posts we're not satisfied," said a senior official. "There is no UK commitment to permanent or temporary BCPs, despite this being a very clear part of the operational aspects of the Protocol." The UK is disputing that it has agreed that supply chains must be adapted, and has argued that there is no reason for such goods to be prohibited from entering the North.
"This is a very clear sign that the Protocol has to be operated in a pragmatic and proportionate way. The chilled meats issue is only one of a very large number of problems with the way the Protocol is currently operating, and solutions need to be found with the EU to ensure it delivers on its original aims: to protect the Belfast Agreement, safeguard Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom, and protect the EU’s single market for goods.
However, the EU has signalled it will continue to take legal action against the UK if it acts unilaterally. This would involve both sides acknowledging each other's high food standards, with a parallel trusted trader scheme, and the ability of either side to reinstate checks if the other diverged from those high standards.
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