November 21, 2021.
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Goods can flow freely with the Republic of Ireland if NI is left in the EU's single market for goods.
Goods arriving into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK are now subject to checks and control, which is referred to as the Irish Sea border.
The EU acknowledges that it is causing difficulties for some businesses.
The UK wants to remove the European Court of Justice from an oversight role.
Mr efovi talked about the possibility of the UK triggering article 16.
If the EU or UK conclude that the deal is leading to serious practical problems or causing diversion of trade, then the protocol allows for a "safeguard" measure to be taken.
It would be a suspension of parts of the deal.
Lord Frost said on Thursday that the UK still had an option of triggering the article.
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Goods arriving in Northern Ireland from the UK are subject to checks.
The EU believes that the UK would use the protocol as a pretext to repudiate it.
On Sunday, Mr efovi said he wanted to focus on the positives.
He said we shouldn't go into hypothetical scenarios.
He said that the basis for future relations was being built through a mutual agreement.
"If you pull the plug from the basics, then you have problems and therefore I think we should avoid them and focus on a positive agenda and solve problems," he said.
He said that such an action would have serious consequences for EU-UK relations and people in NI.
The Irish Prime Minister Michel Martin said there was "serious intent" in the EU to solve the disagreement on Northern Ireland.
He said the mood music surrounding EU-UK negotiations had improved in recent weeks, but he admitted that he was frustrated that the issue had hindered the "full flowering" of the two sides' alliance.
The Republic of Ireland.
The EU Customs Union.
The European Union.
It's a topic of discussion.
