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The Brexit transition is a period under the UK-EU withdrawal agreement in which the UK is no longer a member of the EU, but continues to be subject to EU rules and remain a member of the single market and customs union.  
The Brexit transition was a period under the UK-EU withdrawal agreement in which the UK was no longer a member of the EU, but continued to be subject to EU rules and remain a member of the single market and customs union.  


It is due to run from 1 February 2020 to 31 December 2020.
It ran from 1 February 2020 to 31 December 2020.




The transition period was designed to allow the UK to continue its current relationship with the EU while future security cooperation and trading relationships are negotiated.  
The transition period was designed to allow the UK to continue its previous relationship with the EU while future security cooperation and trading relationships were negotiated.  


The UK government does not use the term transition: instead it refers to this period as an “implementation period”.
The UK government did not use the term transition: instead it refered to this period as an “implementation period”.





Revision as of 23:51, 1 January 2021

The Brexit transition was a period under the UK-EU withdrawal agreement in which the UK was no longer a member of the EU, but continued to be subject to EU rules and remain a member of the single market and customs union.

It ran from 1 February 2020 to 31 December 2020.


The transition period was designed to allow the UK to continue its previous relationship with the EU while future security cooperation and trading relationships were negotiated.

The UK government did not use the term transition: instead it refered to this period as an “implementation period”.


On 24 December 2020 the UK and European Commission agreed the terms of a post-Brexit free trade agreement agreement that came into provisional application - subject to parliamentary ratification by the UK and the EU - from 1 January 2021.


See also


Other links

Brexit - ACT Resources