Port managers warn that shops may face shortages if imports are held up.

Supermarkets to be given extended ‘grace period’ until at least October.

Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic will seek to arrange talks with Brexit minister Lord Frost and his team to discuss the request.

Northern Ireland businesses have told MPs they need an extension of "grace periods" for Irish Sea border checks.

Northern Ireland traders call for an extension to Brexit deal grace periods amid warnings they’re drowning in paperwork.

There are mounting concerns over the lack of preparedness of businesses as the end of the final phase of the UK’s departure from the EU nears.

Anyone ordering goods from the EU in 2021 has likely come in for a nasty shock to the wallet.

Move to delay import checks by six months the "latest example" of ministers excluding officials from decision making, union says.

This follows Britain’s move to postpone customs checks on goods entering the North from Britain. / Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and EU commissioner Maros Sefcovic are scheduled to brief the Friends of Ireland caucus on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, amid concern in Washington about Britain’s decision to delay the implementation of a key part of the Brexit agreement.

European vice-president Maroš Šefčovič says claim about Brussels trying to erect barrier down Irish Sea undermines UK’s reputation

The timetable for the major new controls that have already been imposed and those that have been delayed

It comes after the UK extended grace periods until October to avoid red tape for goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland.

Ursula von der Leyen has expressed her "deep concern" on the implementation of post-Brexit agreements in a phone call to Boris Johnson.

Trade bloc indicates desire to ease tensions with UK over alleged breach of protocol.

The European Union launched legal action against Britain on Monday for unilaterally changing trading arrangements for Northern Ireland that Brussels says breach the Brexit divorce deal agreed with London last year.

THE EU is launching legal action against the UK Government due to an alleged breach of the Brexit agreement.

Brussels has launched legal action against the UK government after Boris Johnson announced he would renege on parts of the deal he signed last year. / Earlier this month the UK moved to unilaterally change parts of the deal to better suit British businesses – provoking anger on the other side of the channel.

The EU is "negotiating with a partner it simply can't trust" in post-Brexit talks, Ireland's foreign minister has said.

Senior MEP says ‘cool heads must prevail’ in holding UK to commitments.

The EU says a UK move to unilaterally extend grace periods for Irish Sea border checks will be a breach of international law.

The EU has launched formal legal action against the UK for breaching Boris Johnson’s own Brexit deal. / Brussels said it saw the UK’s decision to unilaterally extend post-Brexit grace periods on trade in Northern Ireland as a violation of international law.

The European Union said Monday it is starting legal action against the United Kingdom, arguing it does not respect the conditions of the Brexit withdrawal agreement and is violating international law.

Lord Frost said on Wednesday that the UK was unilaterally extending "grace periods" designed to ease trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The European Commission says it's now working on 'infringement proceedings'