EU-UK negotiations
EU-UK negotiations
This infographic outlines:
- the roles of the main EU institutions in EU-UK negotiations
- and the steps that need to be completed.
The roles and steps in this process are the following:
- Council authorises - via negotiation mandate - the European Commission to begin negotiations with the UK
- European Commission informs Council and European Parliament
- European Commission consults Council
- Agreement is reached on the text that will underpin the negotiations
- Text is translated into all official languages
- European Commission submits formal proposal for adoption to the Council
- Council discusses the European Commission's proposal
- Legal and linguistic review of the text is carried out
- Decision on signature is taken
- European Union and the UK sign the agreement
- European Parliament gives its consent
- If mixed agreement, ratification by member states is needed
- Formal adoption by Council takes place