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Britain and EU formally sign Gibraltar treaty, easing border crossings
The deal removes routine immigration checks and sets new customs, tax and tobacco rules for cross-border trade and workers.
- The European Union and Gibraltar signed a treaty in Brussels on Tuesday, July 14, with provisional application beginning Wednesday, removing routine immigration checks for those crossing from Spain to the Rock.
- For Augusto Mena, a 30-year-old programmer working in Gibraltar four days a week, the treaty aims to ease daily disruptions from queues and restricted movement he has long experienced crossing from Spain.
- Shops on the Rock begin a 15 per cent transaction-tax era replacing the traditional import-duty system, while new shopping limits include 200 cigarettes and 250 grams of tobacco, narrowing price gaps with Spanish rates.
- Elena Cordero, 29, hopes closer integration with the Schengen system brings benefits, though people have become accustomed to choosing good hours to avoid queues for an hour.
- Transitional arrangements for some tobacco products extend until July 2028, while Gibraltar tobacco businesses have stocked warehouses with cigarettes manufactured before the treaty change in anticipation of price shifts.
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Britain and EU formally sign Gibraltar treaty, easing border crossings
Britain and the European Union formally signed on Tuesday a treaty on the status of Gibraltar, following an agreement struck last year aimed at easing border crossings and ending years of political uncertainty over the British overseas territory.
·New York, United States
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Minister Albares welcomes the fact that on Tuesday night "the last wall of continental Europe" will disappear. "It is a very special feeling to see a fence fall", they add from the Commission.
·Madrid, Spain
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Noticias ao MinutoVedation between the British colony and the Spanish city of La Línea da Concepción will cease to exist. Historical agreement "opens a new era" between Europe and Gibraltar.
·Lisboa, Portugal
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