Progress on the UK’s exit from, and future relationship with, the European Union

Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union; Joint Statement and outline of the Political Declaration on the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, as agreed at negotiators' level.

Published 14 November 2018

From:

Department for Exiting the European Union

Documents

14 November Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community

PDF, 1.37MB, 585 pages

14 November Outline Political Declaration on the Future Relationship

PDF, 108KB, 7 pages

14 November Joint Statement

PDF, 52.9KB, 2 pages

Details

The draft Withdrawal Agreement sets out the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the European Union, including a Protocol on Northern Ireland. It reflects agreement in principle between the UK and EU negotiating teams on the full legal text.

Ahead of signature, this draft will be subject to a further review by UK and EU lawyers to ensure consistency as it is translated into all EU Member State languages. This may mean that legal terminology and article numbers will change. The Government intends to lay a final version of the agreement before Parliament once it is finalised.

The outline of the Political Declaration on the future relationship sets out progress on the scope of the framework for the future relationship. Negotiations are ongoing to finalise the Political Declaration.

The UK Government has published additional materials to support understanding of these documents. Available here.

Published 14 November 2018

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