The agreement that is to govern the relationship between the EU and the UK after Brexit was concluded after eight months of negotiations.[3] It provides for free trade in goods and limited mutual market access in services, as well as for cooperation mechanisms in a range of policy areas, transitional provisions about EU access to UK fisheries, and UK participation in some EU programmes. Compared to the UK's previous status as an EU member state, it ends the free movement of persons between the parties, UK membership in the European Single Market and customs union, UK participation in most EU programmes and the authority of the European Court of Justice in dispute settlement.