The opt-out agreement protects EU citizens residing in the UK and UK nationals who, at the end of the transition period, are staying in one of the 27 EU Member States. Since his departure, the UK has had no say in the EU institutions. Citizens of the United Kingdom are therefore also excluded from participating in European citizens` initiatives, they do not have the right to vote in local elections in other EU countries or in elections to the European Parliament, and you do not stand for election. As of 1 January 2021, the UK will no longer be part of the internal market or customs union. Even if an agreement on future relations is reached by the end of the year, the EU`s relationship with the UK will change radically and will be very different from those of the UNITED Kingdom, which was a member of the single market. Take, for example, the customs and tax formalities that will then be necessary. Like the EU Member States, citizens and businesses in Germany and the EU as a whole must adapt to these consequences of the end of the transition period, whether or not an agreement is reached on the future partnership with the UK. If you have lived less than 5 years in your EU country, you can stay as long as you meet one of the living conditions. There are exceptions (for example.B. you may have a short period of unemployment and are always insured as a “worker”). You must spend at least 6 months in your EU country over a period of 12 months to retain your right of residence. For the most part, EU citizens and British citizens meet these conditions when they: 2.The UK has implemented the withdrawal agreement, including citizens` rights provisions, through the EU AGREEMENT (Withdrawal Agreement) 2020.2. 7 EU Exit Commission, Government Negotiating Goals: The Rights of CITIZENS of the UK and THE EU, second minutes of the 2016-17 meeting, HC 1071, March 2017; The progress of the UK`s negotiations on EU withdrawal: the rights of British and European citizens, 8th minutes of meetings 2017-19, HC 1439, 23 July 2018 EU, EEA or Swiss citizens in the UK must apply to the EU settlement system in order to continue living in the UK after 30 June 2021.
The EU settlement system is overseen by an independent supervisory authority in the UK, which will deal with complaints from EU citizens and their family members about alleged violations of their rights under the withdrawal agreement and report back to the institutions that monitor the withdrawal agreement. The only exception is for children born after withdrawal from the United Kingdom for whom a parent who is not covered by the withdrawal agreement has sole custody under applicable family law. 4 Article 18, paragraph 1, “The host state may ask EU citizens or UK nationals, their respective family members and others who are in their territory in accordance with the conditions set out in this title, to apply for a new resident status conferring rights under this title, as well as a document proving that status in digital form.” Article 18, paragraph 4, states that “when a host Member State has decided not to include family members and others, EU citizens or UK nationals: persons residing in their territory, in accordance with the conditions set out here, to apply for the new resident status covered in paragraph 1 as a condition of legal residence, have the right, in accordance with the conditions set out in Directive 2004/38/EC, to obtain a residence document which can be available in digital form and a declaration that it has been issued under this agreement.