UK and EU reach post-Brexit customs deal for North Ireland

• Brussels agrees to do away with the requirement for routine inspections of goods entering Northern Ireland.
• EU also concurs that cases involving Northern Ireland can only be referred to provincial courts.
• The parties are also working out the specifics of a pact involving veterinary examinations.

The European Union (EU) and Britain have reached a customs agreement that may help put an end to disputes over Northern Ireland after Brexit, according to an international newspaper on Tuesday. Brussels has also made a significant concession about the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

According to the newspaper on Tuesday, the EU has approved a plan that would do away with the requirement for routine inspections of goods entering Northern Ireland.

The EU also concurred that cases involving Northern Ireland could only be referred to the ECJ by provincial courts, but the ECJ’s precise function was still up for debate, according to the statement.

According to an international newspaper, the two parties were also working out the specifics of a pact involving veterinary examinations.

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No deal had yet been achieved, according to a British government source who spoke to Reuters, and talks were still going on.

In the Downing Street office of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, no one was immediately available for comment.

Both parties have been debating how to implement post-Brexit arrangements on the relatively open border between Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, and EU member state Ireland, three years after Britain formally left the EU.

The Northern Ireland Protocol conflict has lately made headway after months of hostilities between London, Brussels, Belfast, and Dublin.

According to a senior British government source cited by the newspaper, Sunak would have to decide whether to approve the contract after the general terms were set.

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