BREXIT

17 September 2019 On 23 June 2016 the people of the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU). On 29 March 2016, following the results of the referendum, the UK government formally notified the President of the European Council of this decision. After eighteen months of intensive negotiations, the UK and the EU reached a Draft Agreement on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community (Agreement) and the Political Declaration on the future relationship, agreed at the level of the chief negotiators, and confirmed at the meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the EU on 25 November 2018. In accordance with the Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), which regulates the withdrawal process of a Member State from the EU, the UKrsquos membership in the EU was supposed to end at midnight on 29 March 2019, CET. The UK requested an extension of the two-year withdrawal period stipulated by the Article 50 of the TEU. Following the UK#39s request, at the European Council (Article 50) meeting held on 10 April 2019, the EU27 leaders granted an extension of the withdrawal period envisaged by the Article 50 of the TEU until 31 October 2019. For the Republic of Croatia, it is vital to preserve the rights of Croatian citizens in the UK, as well as the UK citizens in Croatia, and provide them with clarity regarding their future status. In case of ano deal-scenario, the UK leaving the EU without the agreement, the Croatian Government is currently undertaking all measures necessary for establishing the conditions of reciprocity in order to minimize the effect of withdrawal on citizens and business activities. The condition of reciprocity means that Croatian citizens in the UK would enjoy the same rights as the UK citizens in Croatia. There are two possible scenarios of the UK#39s withdrawal from the EU: quotOrderly withdrawal of the UK from the EUquot, quotDisorderly withdrawal (no-dealrdquo Brexit)quot.