Michael Gove asks for extension until 2023

Britain has asked for an extension until 2023 of a grace period on checks that would be conducted on trade moving between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom to soften the Brexit impact on the province, the BBC reported.

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.

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

Bangers and other meat products made in Great Britain are only allowed into Northern Ireland under the terms of a six-month grace period

Violence could return to Northern Ireland unless the Brexit borders agreement with the EU is torn up, former first minister David Trimble is warning.

Saturday 20 February was the 50th day since Boris Johnson’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) came into effect. Anyone expecting it to settle all questions, or even most of the details, of how we will do business with the EU from now on will be mightily disappointed.

Supermarkets bringing meat products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland face new bureaucracy from Monday.

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

UK to extend grace periods for supermarkets without EU approval.

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

The British Government has extended the grace period before companies have to start implementing the deal.

Opinion: there is clearly no trust between the UK and the EU when it comes to the Brexit deal and the Northern Ireland protocol

Britain's decision to make unilateral changes to Northern Irish Brexit arrangements is "not the appropriate behaviour of a respectable country" and will erode trust with the European Union, senior Irish ministers said on Thursday.

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

Downing Street insists protocol period extension does not break 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'

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

THE SNP have slammed the UK Government after reports suggest ministers are preparing to relax post-Brexit plans for border checks on EU imports due to fears of food scarcity.

The European Union has promised legal action after the British government unilaterally extended a grace period for checks on food imports to Northern Ireland, a move that Brussels said breached the terms of London’s EU divorce deal.

A senior Ulster Unionist peer has called for urgent action to address an increasingly serious shortage of vets carrying out official meat inspections in Northern Ireland.

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.

Grace periods for implementing post-Brexit checks on goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are at the centre of tensions between the EU and UK.