Northern Ireland Brexit deal: At-a-glance

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen have announced a new deal, aimed at fixing post-Brexit problems in Northern Ireland.

The full details of their agreement have been published.

Here is what we know about the agreement, named the Windsor Framework:

Green lane/red lane

• Goods from Britain destined for Northern Ireland will travel through a new "green lane", with a separate "red lane" for goods at risk of moving onto the EU

• Products coming into Northern Ireland through the green lane would see checks and paperwork significantly reduced

• Red lane goods destined for the EU still be subject to normal checks

• Mr Sunak said this would mean food available on the supermarket shelves in Great Britain will be available on supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland

• New data-sharing and labelling arrangements would be used to oversee the new system

• Where smuggling is suspected, some custom checks may still be carried out on green lane goods

• Businesses moving goods from Northern Ireland to Great Britain would not be required to complete export declarations

• Bans on certain products - like chilled sausages - entering Northern Ireland from Britain would be scrapped

• Bans also lifted on seed potatoes and 11 native British trees

Pets, parcels and medicines

• No new requirements on moving pets from Northern Ireland to Britain

• Pet owners visiting Northern Ireland from Britain (but not travelling on to Ireland) only have to confirm their pet is microchipped and will not move into the EU

• Under old rules, pet owners had to have vet-issued health certificate and proof of up-to-date rabies vaccination, while dogs needed tapeworm treatment before every visit

• Medicines for use in Northern Ireland would be approved by UK regulator, with the European Medicines Agency not having any role

• Parcels will not be subject to full custom declarations

• From 2024, parcel operators required to share data with EU to manage smuggling risks

VAT and alcohol duty

• Under the Northern Ireland Protocol, EU VAT rules could be applied in Northern Ireland

• Under the new deal, UK VAT and excise rules will apply to Northern Ireland for alcoholic drinks for immediate consumption and immovable goods such as heat pumps

• EU VAT rules will still apply for other items

Stormont brake

• Under the protocol, some EU law applies in Northern Ireland, but politicians had no formal way to influence the rules

• New agreement reduces proportion of EU rules applied in Northern Ireland to less than 3%

• European Court of Justice continues to be the final arbiter in disputes over these remaining rules

• Deal introduces a "Stormont brake" which allows the Northern Ireland Assembly to raise an objection to a new goods rule

• Process would be triggered if 30 MLAs (representatives in the Stormont) from two or more parties sign a petition

• The brake cannot be used for "trivial reasons" but reserved for "significantly different" rules

• Once the UK tells the EU the brake has been triggered, the rule cannot be implemented

• It can only be applied if the UK and EU agree

• This new process is not subject to oversight by the European Court of Justice oversight

• Disputes would be resolved through independent arbitration

• The EU has its own safeguard - if Northern Ireland starts to diverge significantly from the bloc's rules, the EU has power to take "appropriate remedial measures"

Northern Ireland Bill scrapped

• Government has confirmed it is ditching the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

• The controversial legislation, introduced under ex-PM Boris Johnson, would have given the UK the power to scrap the old protocol deal

• Legal opinion published by the government says there is now "no legal justification" for going ahead with it