Latest UK Government position papers on Brexit negotiations
Central UK Gov Guidance and Negotiation Update website
- UK government publishes new Border Operating Model
- The UK Global Tariff regime
- UK approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol
- The UK’s approach to negotiations with the European Union.
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New Withdrawal Agreement, New Political Declaration, Declaration on consent in N Ireland, Statement that political agreement has been reached. The revised Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration were considered and agreed at European Council on 17 October 2019.
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No-Deal Readiness Report: 8 October 2019. This document sets out in one place what will change if we leave without a deal and outlines what the Government is doing to get ready for Brexit on 31 October.
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Implications for business and trade of a No Deal exit on 29 March 2019
- Information about EU Exit including the Article 50 process, negotiations, and announcements about policy changes as a result of EU Exit
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Exchange of letters between the UK and EU on the Northern Ireland backstop
Department for Exiting the EU/ Departments for Business, Environment & Industrial Strategy and International Trade Guidance Notes
- Exporting after EU Exit – Country by Country
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Existing trade agreements if the UK leaves the EU with no deal
- Briefing: 1 page Summaries of 9 key Policy themes under a No Deal Scenario
- How to prepare if the UK leaves the EU with No Deal
- DExEU information about the Article 50 process and negotiations for a new partnership with the European Union
- Article 50 and negotiations with the EU – all updates to April 2018 available here
HMRC Guidance Notes on Preparing for a No Deal Brexit
- Customs, VAT and Excise regulations: leaving the EU with No Deal
- ‘Partnership Pack’ on preparing for a No Deal Brexit
No Deal Brexit planning from the Cabinet Office
No Deal Brexit planning from the Health & Safety Executive
Official Reports on Brexit from the UK Parliament
- Brexit: research and analysis
- Report from the House of Commons Library on “The status of retained EU law”
- All publications from the UK House of Commons Select Committee on Exiting the EU are available here
- All publications from the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Exiting the EU are available here
- Timeline – Parliament’s progress on Brexit legislation is here
- Oral evidence from Michel Barnier to theCommons’ ‘Exiting the EU Committee’
Expert analysis from the Institute for Government
- What difference would a Brexit deal make?
- Preparing Brexit: No Deal
- Brexit: two months to go
- The UK can’t rely on WTO rules to soften the blow of No Deal Brexit
- No Deal Brexit preparations
- The UK still isn’t ready for a No Deal Brexit
National Audit Office report
Latest EU Commission position papers on Brexit negotiations
- EU negotiation updates on “3rd Country” negotiations with UK, now it has left EU
- EU negotiation guidelines for a new partnership with the UK
- Negotiating documents on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom
- The revised EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement explained
- Speech by President Juncker and Chief Negotiator Barnier at the European Parliament plenary session, 18 September 2019
- EU preparations for a No Deal Brexit – House of Commons Library research paper
- EU leaders agree to delay Brexit until 31 October
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Brexit preparedness: EU completes preparations for possible “no-deal” scenario on 12 April
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Commission intensifies “no-deal” customs preparedness outreach to EU businesses
- Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019: Implementing the Commission’s Contingency Action Plan
- 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, as agreed at negotiators’ level on 14 November 2018
- Draft Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union
- Links to the Political Declaration, Joint Report and Q&As
- Brexit negotiations, including link to documents on Article 50 negotiations
- Preparing for UK withdrawal from the EU on 30 March 2019
Preparedness position papers by sector
European Council
Joint EU/UK statement ahead of 28/29 June Brussels Summit
Official Reports on Brexit from the European Parliament
- How will Brexit work
- Brexit Impact Studies
- Brexit Committee Hearings and Workshops
- August 2018 progress report – an in-depth summary
Links to WTO, EU and UK trade databases
- Tariff Download Facility
- Guide to the EU market’s import rules and taxes
- Tariff Analysis Online (requires registration)
- UK Trade & Investment Statistics (updated monthly)
- Links to WTO and other databases of Free Trade Agreements
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