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Senior EU figures are contemplating a major reset in relations with the UK that would coincide with the formal ratification of the free trade agreement at the end of April, RTÉ News has learned.
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The European Union would be prepared to look at a bilateral veterinary agreement with the UK as a way around many of the food safety and animal health trade barriers associated with the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The suggestion was made by the European Commission vice president Maros Šefcovic in an interview with RTÉ News. We would be ready to discuss [the issue] with our UK partners. What are their ideas and what can we do to find a solution? he said.
Mr Šefcovic said he raised the issue with his UK counterpart Michael Gove yesterday evening during a meeting of the EU/UK Joint Committee, which is tasked with implementing the protocol.
EU and UK officials will discuss on Wednesday (24 February) the possibility of extending the ‘grace periods’ that exempt goods crossing the Irish Sea border from new customs checks introduced by the new trade arrangement.
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