A scenario in which the UK leaves the EU without agreement (a ‘no deal’ scenario) remains unlikely given the mutual interests of the UK and the EU in securing a negotiated outcome.

Negotiations are progressing well and both we and the EU continue to work hard to seek a positive deal. However, it’s our duty as a responsible government to prepare for all eventualities, including ‘no deal’, until we can be certain of the outcome of those negotiations.

In a ‘no deal’ scenario, sharing of common systems, and exchange and recognition of data submitted for regulatory activities between the UK and EU Member States would cease.

This would require changes to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations with consequential implications for veterinary medicine stakeholders.

A summary outline of these changes can be viewed;
Stakeholder Engagement
(PDF, 346KB, 29 pages)

If you have any comments please submit these to consultation@vmd.defra.gsi.gov.uk as soon as possible and by no later than 19 October 2018.

If the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a deal, find out how this would affect:

• labelling food
• compositional standards (minimum standards for certain types of key foods)

If the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a deal, find out how this would affect electricity generators and suppliers, installers of certain microgeneration technologies, and renewable energy fuel suppliers and generators, including:

• guarantees of origin of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration
• the Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) scheme
• recognition of certification of installers of certain microgeneration technologies

If the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a deal, find out how this would affect businesses that manufacture or market fertilisers.

If the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a deal, find out how this would affect businesses producing, registering, importing or exporting chemicals. This includes a range of controls including labelling and packaging.