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The UK government has been advising businesses in Northern Ireland to break international law, the European Commission vice-president has said.
Traders working across the new border have been told how not to meet the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol, Maros Sefcovic said days after the EU moved to take legal action against Britain over its unilateral extension of post-Brexit grace periods for goods.
“They tell them: you do not have to do this, you do not have to do that, you do not have to apply this until at least 1 October and then we will see,” said Mr Sefcovic, who co-chairs the EU-UK joint committee on the Withdrawal Agreement.
He said such guidance in the wake of Britain’s unilateral declaration led traders into a breach of international law.
UK government telling NI firms to break law, says EU vice-president
Maros Sefcovic, the European Commission vice-president, said the UK has been advising firms in Northern Ireland to break international law by ignoring the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol.
“We have seen this kind of guidance to trade operators on how not to fulfil the protocol and all the obligations stemming from the withdrawal agreement,” Mr Sefcovic, who chairs the EU-UK Joint Committe on the Brexit agreement, said.
“They tell them: you do not have to do this, you do not have to do that, you do not have to apply this until at least 1 October and then we will see,” he said, adding that such guidance in the wake of Britain’s unilateral extension of post-Brexit grace periods led traders into a breach of international law.
More on the legal row over Britain’s unilateral declaration here:
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