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1/x Here's the colour-coded text of the Brexit withdrawal agreement
green = agreed in principle, maybe technical legal revision
yellow = policy agreed, drafting still an issue
white = not agreed yet
Some thoughts

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2 All the citizens' rights part is green (agreed in principle), except the controversial Article 32 (denying UK citizens in EU27 future free movement rights) has vanished. Can't see if it's been moved elsewhere.
NB - the text has been amended compared to the Mar 15 version

3 All the transition period text is agreed in principle (green).

Significant new amendment (Article 124(4)) confirms explicitly that the UK can negotiate and sign treaties during the transition period.

4 The UK's preferred approach to rolling over treaties - tell non-EU countries to treat the UK as a Member State during the transition period - is added in a footnote.

Note the EU will do this on the UK's behalf. Time will tell if those non-EU countries agree to this.

5 The financial settlement rules (Part Five) are also entirely in green (agreed in principle).

6 Dispute settlement
ECJ role on citizens rights in green (agreed in principle)

New: the independent body which will defend EU27 citizens' rights in the UK might be shut down eight years after the transition period ends.

7 Agreed in principle: continued ECJ jurisdiction over EU budget law rules referred to in the financial settlement part

Not yet agreed: continued ECJ jurisdiction over "separation rules", ie European Arrest Warrants pending at the end of the transition period.

8 Dispute settlement (including the proposed EU power to sanction the UK during the transitional period, in Article 165) is otherwise not agreed.

9 Irish border issues
First of all this general agreement: there will be a "backstop" text, which has been partially agreed. Remember a lot of talks on this are scheduled over the next month.

10 What's agreed exactly?
Common Travel Area - agreed in principle
Equality rights - agreed as a policy
Movement of goods points - not agreed

11 However - electricity market and state aids clauses agreed as a policy; vague reference to other North/South cooperation agreed in principle

12 Role of ECJ and other EU law in Northern Ireland: not agreed
Economic safeguards and anti-fraud clauses: agreed as policy
Other treaties, reflecting UK preferred options, taking priority if negotiated: agreed in principle

13 I will summarise the "separation provisions" - ie what happens to various pending proceedings at the end of the transition period.

Civil litigation: conflict of laws points agreed. Jurisdiction and mutual recognition not yet agreed.

14 Goods on the market, public procurement, Euratom: mostly agreed
Criminal/police proceedings, data protection; mostly not agreed
IP rights - ta for summary here

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15 Pending ECJ cases and administrative proceedings (like competition investigations) at the end of the transition period: not agreed
Other institutional issues (like privileges and immunities): agreed

16 OK, I'm going back down the rabbit hole of the citizens' rights part, to see (and try to interpret) what's been amended. Back in a bit

17 It looks as if the UK has agreed to the EU side pushing back on future family reunion for core family members - ie current EU (not national) rules will apply for future admission of spouses, partners, kids, dependent parents. (This will apply to UK citizens in the EU27 too).

18 Remember this (and the other citizens' rights points) don't apply to *all* EU27/UK citizens, but only those who moved to the UK/EU27 before the end of the transition period.

19 New clause: five years after the end of the transition period, the host State can refuse to accept ID cards for travel, unless they are compliant with ICAO standards. I assume UK pushed for this; I don't know which countries' ID cards are (or will be) ICAO-compliant.

20 "Settled status" - new points
- the document might be digital
- final deadline to apply for settled status is sooner, including for those with PR already - could now be 6 months, not two years, after the end of the transition period (can Home Office cope with this?)

21 That seems to be all the changes to the citizens' rights section. No sign of the missing Article 32 on UK citizens' further free movement in the EU27.

22 The common rules in Part one of the WA are all agreed (including on territorial scope), except for most of the rules on the future effect of EU law. On that, the two sides have at least agreed that the citizens' rights clauses have direct effect and supremacy.

23 Overall: a significant amount of agreement, although key Irish border and dispute settlement issues, and some chunks of the separation rules, remain outstanding. Important compromises on family reunion and transition (treaties, citizens rights, fisheries). Further UK FM MIA /