EU envoys schedule late Friday talks in Brexit countdown

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* WEDNESDAY, Oct. 10 - EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is set to update the executive European Commission.

* FRIDAY, Oct. 12 - 27 EU ambassadors meet at 1600 GMT in Luxembourg.

* WEEKEND, Oct. 13-14 - Intense talks between the EU and British negotiators expected.

* MONDAY, Oct. 15 - A meeting of "sherpas", or EU negotiators of each of the bloc's national leaders, scheduled in Brussels.

* TUESDAY, Oct. 16 - 27 EU ministers take up the baton at talks in Luxembourg.

* WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 - EU summit starts in the afternoon in Brussels.

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