<p class="title">A formal decision on the three-month delay of Britain's exit from the EU to January 31 will hopefully be made on Tuesday or Wednesday, a senior EU official said after envoys of the 27 other member states agreed to grant a flexible extension.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wednesday is the day before, Oct. 31, the current deadline for Britain divorce from the European Union.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The EU27 will wait for Britain's reply to its offer of a delay before launching a "written procedure", whereby governments will have 24 hours to accept or reject the agreement reached by their envoys to Brussels on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The formal flextension decision is made upon the positive conclusion of the written procedure. We hope this to be concluded by Tuesday or Wednesday," the official said.</p>
<p class="title">A formal decision on the three-month delay of Britain's exit from the EU to January 31 will hopefully be made on Tuesday or Wednesday, a senior EU official said after envoys of the 27 other member states agreed to grant a flexible extension.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wednesday is the day before, Oct. 31, the current deadline for Britain divorce from the European Union.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The EU27 will wait for Britain's reply to its offer of a delay before launching a "written procedure", whereby governments will have 24 hours to accept or reject the agreement reached by their envoys to Brussels on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The formal flextension decision is made upon the positive conclusion of the written procedure. We hope this to be concluded by Tuesday or Wednesday," the official said.</p>