Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25222
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 31 January 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on trends in the level of trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerNorthern Ireland goods move freely to Great Britain and are unaffected by regulation 2017/625. Regulation 2017/625 is explicitly disapplied for goods moved via the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.