The proposed UK bill seeks to remove customs checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK, and will override parts of the trade treaty signed two years ago.
The European Union is launching legal action against the UK in response to unilateral moves to rewrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the post-Brexit deal between both sides, according to the bloc's executive branch.
The proposed UK bill seeks to remove customs checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK. That will override parts of the trade treaty that Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed with the EU less than two years ago.The so-called Northern Ireland Protocol is the part of the Brexit deal that keeps Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.
The 27-nation bloc will restart the infringement procedure launched against the UK government last year after Britain unilaterally extended a grace period that applies to trade on the island of Ireland.In addition, the EU will kick off further action against the UK for a perceived failure to carry out necessary controls under the EU rules, and to provide trade statistics data as required under the protocol.