What are the EU’s contingency plans to mitigate a no-deal Brexit?

The UK will leave the EU’s single market and customs union at the end of the year. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA

Deal or no deal, the European Union expects “disruption” on January 1 – but the bloc has set out a series of measures to reduce the impact if there is no trade agreement with the UK.

The UK will leave the EU’s single market and customs union at the end of the year, and without a comprehensive deal there could be major disruption to trade.