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<p>The Government has acknowledged, as the Prime Minister did in his statement of
27 February, that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is the final arbiter on matters
of EU law. But by the EU's own calculations, less than 3 percent of EU rules with
ECJ oversight apply under the Windsor Framework, with those that remain only applying
to maintain maximum free trade and market access for NI firms. And the Windsor Framework
narrows the application of EU rules in Northern Ireland, removing 1,700 pages of EU
law, and takes with it any European Court of Justice interpretation and oversight
in those areas. The agreement also introduces the Stormont Brake, which would enable
a sovereign UK Government decision to veto the application of new EU laws and accompanying
ECJ oversight within Northern Ireland. This safeguard in the treaty itself is not
subject to ECJ oversight, and any dispute on this issue would be resolved through
subsequent independent arbitration according to international, not EU law.</p>
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