The UK Government is to take a series temporary operational steps to give more time for business to adapt to then Northern Ireland Protocol.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson again pledged nothing would be off the table to ensure unfettered trade across the Irish Sea in both directions.
Mr Johnson said: The position of Northern Ireland within the UK internal market is rock solid and guaranteed. We are making sure that we underscore that with some temporary operational easings in order to protect the market in some areas, such as food supplies, pending further discussions with the EU and as I have said I think to (him) and his colleagues we leave nothing off the table in order to ensure that we get this right.
The European Commission s vice president Maros Sefcovic accused the UK of breaching international law for a second time after the government s Irish intervention.