Northern Ireland Protocol

E35872

international agreement post-Brexit arrangement

The Northern Ireland Protocol is a post-Brexit arrangement that keeps Northern Ireland aligned with certain EU single market rules to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland, effectively creating new regulatory and customs checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Ireland Protocol canonical	8
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland	4
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland governance arrangements	1
UK–EU Joint Committee decisions under the Withdrawal Agreement	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international agreement ⓘ post-Brexit arrangement ⓘ
affects	supply chains in Northern Ireland ⓘ trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
aimsTo	avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland ⓘ protect the Good Friday Agreement ⓘ safeguard North–South cooperation ⓘ
allows	Northern Ireland to benefit from UK trade agreements for goods not at risk of entering the EU ⓘ
amendedBy	Windsor Framework ⓘ
appliesTo	European Union ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	2020-02-01 ⓘ
consentMechanismReviewPeriod	every four or eight years ⓘ
containsProvision	consent mechanism for the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
controversyFocus	impact on unionist identity ⓘ sovereignty over trade rules in Northern Ireland ⓘ
creates	regulatory border in the Irish Sea ⓘ
criticisedBy	unionist parties in Northern Ireland ⓘ
establishes	Joint Committee for implementation ⓘ Specialised Committee on the implementation of the Protocol ⓘ
fullyAppliedFrom	2021-01-01 ⓘ
includesConcept	goods at risk of moving into the EU single market ⓘ
includesProvision	state aid rules applying to measures affecting trade between Northern Ireland and the EU ⓘ
keepsAlignedWith	EU customs code for goods entering Northern Ireland ⓘ EU single market rules for goods ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ
legalStatusOfNorthernIreland	remains part of the UK customs territory ⓘ
monitoredBy	European Commission ⓘ UK–EU Joint Committee ⓘ
negotiatedBy	European Commission ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Government
partOf	Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union ⓘ surface form: EU–UK Withdrawal Agreement Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union ⓘ surface form: Withdrawal Agreement
politicalContext	Brexit ⓘ
protects	EU single market integrity ⓘ all-island economy ⓘ
providesFor	continued application of certain EU law in Northern Ireland ⓘ
relatedTo	Good Friday Agreement ⓘ Windsor Framework ⓘ
replaces	earlier UK–EU backstop proposals ⓘ
requires	customs checks on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland ⓘ regulatory checks on certain goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain ⓘ
signatory	European Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
subjectOf	legal disputes between the EU and the UK ⓘ political controversy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectTo	arbitration procedures under the Withdrawal Agreement ⓘ
supportedBy	many nationalist parties in Northern Ireland ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brexit → resultedIn → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union → containsProtocol → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland

Windsor Framework → revises → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

Windsor Framework → basedOn → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK–EU Joint Committee decisions under the Withdrawal Agreement

British–Irish relations → shapedByEvent → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

United Kingdom–European Union relations → hasComponent → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

Joint Committee under the Withdrawal Agreement → relatedTo → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland

Joint Committee for implementation → operatesUnder → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

Specialised Committee on the implementation of the Protocol → appliesTo → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland

Specialised Committee on the implementation of the Protocol → legalBasis → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland

Specialised Committee on the implementation of the Protocol → relatedTo → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

UK–EU Joint Committee → subjectOf → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland governance arrangements

Windsor Agreement → relatesTo → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ

Windsor Agreement → legalContext → Northern Ireland Protocol ⓘ