Withdrawal Agreement

This concluding chapter studies the citizens’ rights set out in Part Two of the Brexit withdrawal agreement. There are also some relevant provisions in Part One, setting out the ‘Common Provisions’, and Part Six, containing the ‘Final Provisions’. The relevant Part One provisions include Article 4, which states that the withdrawal agreement has the same legal effect as EU law in the UK, including the principle of supremacy; that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgments up until the end of the transition period shall be binding; and that subsequent CJEU rulings are to be taken into account. Meanwhile, the last provisions in Part Two of the agreement refer to publicity about the acquired rights of citizens, permit more favourable provisions to be applied, and confirm that the agreement provides life-long protection for those covered by the scope of the provisions.