Under the EU plan, goods could be tracked using barcodes on shipping containers under "trusted-trader" schemes administered by registered companies, the Times reported.

Reuters reported on Sept. 12 that EU officials were working on a sensitive Irish protocol to the draft Brexit treaty with Britain, as part of what Barnier has called efforts to "de-dramatise" the issue and get a deal.

"De-dramatise" is the buzz word in Irish press. I think it means, Tory gov has no intention to co-operate with EU gov in its own withdrawal from the EU market.

The term denotes a raft of affronts by EU gov officials to Tory gov's concept of a border per se. At the moment, EU negotiators' plan is to persuade UK customs inspectors even to "check" the origin and destination of goods landed at the Big Island's ports (air, sea) for tariff remit. IF Tory gov will commit to customs surveillance, EU gov will reconsider joint supervision at Big Island ports.

Bar code labels and scans: High Tech Manifests

MEP Dianne Dodds UK, DUP) was heard to say,

"Suggestions that the EU is now considering technology-based solutions are a positive if belated development ... However, this will become null and void if based only on the EU goal of ensuring Northern Ireland remains in a common regulatory and customs areas inside the EU.

"Equally we are unconvinced by arguments which suggest that a technological border in the Irish Sea is more deliverable than on the land border between Northern Ireland [UK] and the Irish Republic [EU]."

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