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EurActiv (9 April 2021)

The uncertain legal status of the Northern Ireland Protocol could lead to major confusion and the UK becoming de facto bound by EU subsidy rules, according to a report by UK lawmakers published on Friday (9 April).

The report by the House of Commons European Scrutiny committee warned that different interpretations of state aid rules by the UK and the EU under the Protocol, which was a key part of the agreement that took the UK out of the EU last year, could impact the willingness of companies to accept subsidies, or of state authorities to grant them.

The Protocol’s provisions are “complex, controversial and have given rise to various practical difficulties”, said the MPs.

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