Alan Dashwood
This article is concerned with the provisions at either end of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Common Provisions in Part One and the Institutional Provisions in Part Six. In their different ways, the two sets of provisions serve a similar purpose, that of generally rendering operational the arrangements contained in the four substantive Parts of the Agreement, and which relate, respectively, to Citizens Rights (Part Two), Separation Provisions (Part Three), Transition (Part Four) and Financial Provisions (Part Five). The eight articles that comprise the Common Provisions are considered together, in a single section. Separate consideration is then given to the three main topics of Part Six—Consistent Interpretation and Application of the Agreement, the Joint Committee and Dispute Settlement.