7 May 2021 Five months have passed since the end of the transition period and our Exit from the European Union and we are embedding the submission opportunities that are now available to applicants. It is important, however, for the VMD to be able to plan its resources to ensure that we can continue to provide you with the predictability of the authorisation process; and to ensure we have assessor availability during the traditional busy periods. This will include the Summer months and the Christmas period, especially as the pandemic lockdown procedures ease and life begins to return to something resembling normality.