Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom

 
A. Core values and rights
6.
 
The Parties agree that the future relationship should be underpinned by shared values such 
as the respect for and safeguarding of human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic 
principles, the rule of law and support for non-proliferation. The Parties agree that these 
values are an essential prerequisite for the cooperation envisaged in this framework. The 
Parties also reaffirm their commitment to promoting effective multilateralism. 
7.
 
The future relationship should incorporate the United Kingdom's continued commitment to 
respect the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), while the 
Union and its Member States will remain bound by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the 
European Union, which reaffirms the rights as they result in particular from the ECHR. 
B. Data protection
8.
 
In view of the importance of data flows and exchanges across the future relationship, the 
Parties are committed to ensuring a high level of personal data protection to facilitate such 
flows between them.
 
 
9.
 
The Union's data protection rules provide for a framework allowing the European 
Commission to recognise a third country's data protection standards as providing an 
adequate level of protection, thereby facilitating transfers of personal data to that third 
country. On the basis of this framework, the European Commission will start the 
assessments with respect to the United Kingdom as soon as possible after the United 
Kingdom's withdrawal, endeavouring to adopt decisions by the end of 2020, if the applicable 
conditions are met. Noting that the United Kingdom will be establishing its own 
international transfer regime, the United Kingdom will in the same timeframe take steps to 
ensure the comparable facilitation of transfers of personal data to the Union, if the applicable 
conditions are met. The future relationship will not affect the Parties' autonomy over their 
respective personal data protection rules.