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Windsor Framework again more elements to complete the picture
Again we talk about the Windsor Framework and borders management between North Ireland and the UK. Indeed, the decision n.1/2023 ( of the joint committee established by the agreement on the withdrawal of the Unitend kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic energy community) of 24.03.2023 has been published on 17.04.2023 and lays down (among others) : (a) the conditions for considering that a good brought into Northern Ireland from outside the Union will not be subject to commercial processing in Northern Ireland; (b) the criteria for considering that a good brought into Northern Ireland from outside the Union is not…
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Windsor Framework: formal approval
How do you manage your business with the UK? Do you like to be up-to-date? You should know that on 24.03.2023 the Windsor Framework (for the management of the North Ireland’s borders in the trade flows between the UK and the EU) has been formally approved and ratified by both the parties. The package of measures underlying the Framework is complex: it comprises 14 separate instruments, including: a political declaration, various instruments to be confirmed by the UK and the EU in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee (“WAJC“). As we informed in 9.3.2023 two different categories of customs treatment are laid down: Goods moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland,…
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Some points about North Ireland, Windsor Framework and EU trade policy
The UK and the EU, on 27.02.2023, signed the “Windsor Framework” agreement which: will rule the status of Northern Irish borders after the Brexit, replaces the Protocol still in force, needs to be approved in the next meeting. From a customs perspective, in a nutshell, it is possible to say that this “framework” covers two different flows of goods: towards the EU and goods destinated to be released into Northern Ireland. In particular: Goods moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, for end use or consumption in Northern Ireland: GREEN LANE: Simplifications and fast controls for economic operators under the UK trusted trader scheme (UK Trader Scheme launched to support…