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Published date: 19 June 2018

Joint statement from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress of negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the United Kingdom's orderly withdrawal from the European Union

1. This statement, presented jointly by the negotiators of the European Union (Union) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), records the progress made since the publication on 19 March 2018 of the draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (the Withdrawal Agreement).

2. The statement details the articles of the draft Agreement where agreement has now been reached at negotiators’ level, as well as those areas where further progress has been made.

Articles where agreement has now been reached at negotiators’ level

3. Both Parties have reached agreement on the following articles of Part Three of the draft Agreement [As in the colour-coded version of the draft Withdrawal Agreement published on 19 March 2018, these articles are coloured in green, which means that they are agreed at negotiators' level, and will only be subject to technical legal revisions in the coming weeks.]:

- Title I - Goods placed on the market: Article 42 (Making available of information held by notified bodies established in the United Kingdom or in a Member State);

- Title III - Ongoing value added tax and excise duty matters: Article 47 (Value added tax);

- Title IV - Intellectual property: Article 56 (Pending applications for supplementary protection certificates in the United Kingdom);