On citizens' rights, the agreement develops the Joint Report of December 8, 2017 and the EU-Britain Joint Technical note in more detail in order to fill in the blanks not expressly covered in the December document, and offers much more detail on safeguards to persons protected by the Joint Report.
In addition, the provisions of the draft Withdrawal Agreement on citizens' rights will apply as of the end of any transitional period, i.e. all EU citizens arriving in the Britain during this period should have exactly the same rights as EU citizens who arrived before the withdrawal, said the agreement.
After the end of the transition period, those EU citizens, and British citizens who arrive in an EU member state after withdrawal but before the end of the transition period, should be covered by the personal scope of the Withdrawal Agreement, it noted.
Britain requested a transition period of "around two years", which according to the agreement "shall start on the date of entry into force of this Agreement and end on 31 December 2020."
During the "two years", the entire Union acquis communautaire will continue to apply to Britain. This means that Britain will have to comply with the EU's trade policy and will continue to be bound by the Union's exclusive competence, in particular in respect of the Common Commercial Policy, said the agreement.
"As a result...the UK cannot become bound by new agreements on its own in areas of Union competence unless authorized to do so by the EU," said the agreement.
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