Moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol (Update Aug 7)

Source gov.uk

At the end of the transition period, the Northern Ireland Protocol (‘the Protocol’) will take effect. The Protocol is a practical solution to avoid a hard border with Ireland whilst ensuring the UK, including Northern Ireland, leaves the EU as a whole, enabling the entire UK to benefit from future Free Trade Agreements. There will be special provisions which apply only in Northern Ireland while the Protocol is in force.

The Protocol includes 4 sections:

1. Moving goods from Northern Ireland to Great Britain
2. Moving goods from Great Britian to Northern Ireland
3. Moving goods from Northern Ireland to the European Union
4. Moving goods from Northern Ireland to the rest of the wrrld

Objectives

1. Moving goods from Northern Ireland to Great Britain should take place as it does now
2. Changes for goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will be kept to an absolute minimum
3. Trade in goods between Northern Ireland and Ireland, and between Northern Ireland and EU Member States, will continue unaffected,
4. For trade with the rest of the world, Northern Ireland will benefit from UK FTAs

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