EU Exit The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Dominic Raab) Technical notices As announced by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 18 July 2018, the Government are publishing a series of technical notices during August and September. On Thursday 23 August, we published 25 of these notices and will publish more in the coming weeks. These notices are designed to inform people, businesses and stakeholders about steps they may need to take in the event of a “no deal” scenario. Notices were published on the following areas: Overview UK Government’s preparations for a no deal scenario Applying for EU-funded programmes The Government’s guarantee for EU-funded programmes Horizon 2020 funding Delivering humanitarian aid programmes Civil nuclear and nuclear research Nuclear research Civil nuclear regulation Farming Farm payments Receiving rural development funding Importing and exporting Trade remedies Trading with the EU Classifying your goods in the UK trade tariff Exporting controlled goods Labelling products and making them safer Labelling tobacco products and e-cigarettes Developing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) Producing and processing organic food Money and tax VAT for businesses Banking, insurance and other financial services Regulating medicines and medical equipment Batch testing medicines Ensuring blood and blood products are safe How medicines, medical devices and clinical trials would be regulated Submitting regulatory information on medical products Quality and safety of organs, tissues and cells State aid State aid Studying in the UK or EU Erasmus+ in the UK Workplace rights Workplace rights Notices were published on gov.uk during the parliamentary recess. These can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-prepare-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal. Copies of notices were also placed in the Libraries of both Houses to ensure all Members had access, and we will continue to ensure that technical notices are made available to Members. Slides on the framework for the UK-EU partnership The UK negotiating team are also producing presentations for discussion with the EU, in order to inform development of the future framework. Slides have been published in the following areas over the parliamentary recess: Financial services Open and fair competition These were published on gov.uk during the parliamentary recess and were also deposited in the Libraries of both Houses. Copies can also be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/framework-for-the-uk-eu-partnership-financial-services. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/framework-for-the-uk-eu-partnership-open-and-fair-competition. [HCWS929]