EU launches more Brexit disputes against the UK

The European Commission announced on Friday that it is opening four more infringement proceedings against Britain for failing to comply with the two-year-old Brexit agreement on the part of the situation in Northern Ireland, the so-called protocol.

“Despite repeated calls by the European Parliament, the 27 member states of the European Union and the European Commission to implement the Protocol, the UK government has failed to do so,” a statement from the Commission read.

The commission also wrote that it had previously refrained from resorting to legal instruments against Great Britain “in the spirit of cooperation” in order to “create space” for common solutions to the problems that arose. But just a month ago, the British government announced that Indicates that the protocol is completely ignored By legislating the obligations you don’t like unilaterally.

“However, Great Britain’s reluctance to engage in meaningful discussions since February last year and the continued consideration of a bill on the Northern Ireland Protocol in the UK Parliament directly contradicts this spirit,” the Commission believes.

Immediately after this The commission opened three more legal proceedings Against Great Britain because the country does not comply with the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Four cases against the United Kingdom

All four legal actions launched by the commission relate to failures to implement the new Northern Ireland rules to which the UK has committed. The first relates to the failure to enforce customs rules, controls and risk controls on goods from Northern Ireland to the United Kingdom. II and III Great Britain did not announce how it would implement EU rules on excise taxes partly and partly on alcohol excise. Finally, the British have not implemented EU rules on VAT for e-commerce.

The UK has two months to respond to the Commission’s objections.