An overview of the UK-EU withdrawal agreement, which came into force when the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.

For a summary of the withdrawal agreement provisions on the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), and the status of CJEU case law, see Practice note, UK-EU withdrawal agreement: CJEU jurisdiction.

For information on the governance arrangements in Part Six of the withdrawal agreement, including the dispute settlement mechanism and the role of the Joint Committee, see Practice note, UK-EU withdrawal agreement: governance and dispute settlement.