The goods must pass by Jabal Tariq through Spain, according to the post -Britain’s exit from the European Union

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The United Kingdom has agreed that Spain will verify the goods entering Gibraltar as part of a deal to remove border controls for people who move between tires, according to British and European officials.

A European Commission official said that Rock will be closed almost completely in front of the goods, and trucks and ships will need to stop at the Spanish customs near the border.

The European official added that the British region will also raise its sales tax from 3 percent to at least 15 percent within three years of ratification of the deal to avoid unfair competition with Spain as the value -added tax is higher.

The European official said that the Gibraltar authorities have supported the deal since almost all goods entered the ground, and changes from their citizens will allow them to travel without obstacles to Spain and work in stone areas.

A UK official confirmed that Gibraltar accepted the conditions of sales tax and that the goods that were imported to the region will be examined and disinfected by the European Union customs staff in Spain. The Gibraltar official did not comment immediately.

There will be exemptions from checks for certain products, such as cars that are imported, renewed and exported again – a major slice of Gibraltary. It will also be possible to charge the goods with a stop in the near Spanish port of Ghawarsh.

Gibraltar Port, which occupies a strategic position at the Mediterranean Gate, is one of the main assets for other reasons other than goods. It hosts the British naval ships, the luxury cruise and yachts, a major fuel center for ships that leave and enter the Mediterranean.

The region was handed over to the United Kingdom by the Spanish crown in 1713. Spain claims sovereignty, the vast majority of 34,000 people want to remain British.

UK Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer praised the deal, which was unveiled on Wednesday, which resolves one of the last major conflicts after Britain’s exit from the European Union. The Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo also supported this deal.

Kimi Badnouch, leader of the opposition Conservative Party, said on Thursday that although she had not yet seen the full details of the deal that she reassured about the fact that Pierdo supported her.

“I already trust his rule,” said Badnoush, who was the Minister of Trade in the previous government. “What worries me is that whenever Care Starmer expects a deal, it is never a good deal. We are always losing.”

The Spanish border guards will verify passports at the airport and the port and can refuse to enter citizens in the United Kingdom in some circumstances, because the cancellation of the borders in fact sets the region in the Schengen Speaker of the European Union.

The European official said that the agreement, which must be approved by the member states of the European Union and the European Parliament, was necessary if Spain allowed broader relations with London.

They said: “It was very difficult for … a number of countries like Spain to conclude new agreements with the United Kingdom without finding a solution to Jabal Tariq.”

Madrid prohibits British entry in some of the European Union’s cooperation cooperation agreements because of its military presence on the rock, where there is a naval and air base.

At a summit last month, the European Union and the United Kingdom agreed to negotiate a veterinary deal to soften food and animals and a security agreement that could allow the United Kingdom’s defense industry to reach European Union funds. “