https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/eu-says-step-legal-action-082539635.html
.... interpretation of the Northern Ireland protocol, an agreement which governs trading arrangements following Brexit.
Sefcovic said legal steps over the protocol was not the EU's preferred option and that an agreement last week to a three-month extension for free movement of chilled meats into the province signalled its willingness to find pragmatic solutions.
==== He said a longer-term solution to avoid Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) checks for agri-food products, ranging from live animals to fresh meat and plant products, could be along the lines of an agreement the EU has with Switzerland.
That pact [would remove] 'removes' nearly all physical SPS checks, though not documentary checks, and achieves this through a dynamic regulatory mechanism that creates a Common Veterinary Area.
"This could be negotiated very quickly and would address many concerns," Sefcovic said. "The U.K. continuing to apply EU SPS rules will do away with a vast majority of the checks in the Irish Sea and would not require checks elsewhere, say in Northern Ireland. ====
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