Budget information Important information for British tenderers:  1.5 OWNERSHIP, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, USE OF RESULTS 37  The maximum budget EFSA has available per lot is:  Lot 1 500.000  € Lot 2 500.000  € Lot 3 500.000  € Any offer exceeding these maximums will be excluded from further assessment during  evaluation. As a consequence of the UK withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020 and  entry into force the Withdrawal Agreement ratified by the UK and the European Union, the  UK will have a special status with the European Union until the end of the Transition Period  (31 December 2020). During the Transition Period, economic operators established in the UK may continue to  bid for EFSA calls for tenders. For any contracts awarded to UK established economic  operators prior to the end of the Transition Periods, these contracts should be implemented  in accordance with their contractual terms until their end-date, including any modifications  where necessary. For any procurement procedures ongoing (i.e. no contract signed yet)  at the end of the Transition Period, economic operators established in the UK will no longer  be entitled to participate and will be excluded from any ongoing procedure for which the  contract has not yet been signed. This provision applies to the lead tenderer and any  partners in a consortium which may be established in the UK. This provision does not apply  to the use of subcontractors established in the UK.  As regards any product or delivery commissioned by EFSA and developed by the contractor  in the context of the contract resulting from this call for tenders, as well as source codes  of IT applications and models developed for EFSA, the intellectual property rights will be  owned by EFSA only in its capacity as financial source of the contract. The contractor  cannot file a trademark, patent, copyright or other IPR protection scheme in relation to  any of the results or rights obtained by EFSA in performance of the contract, unless the  contractor requests EFSA ex-ante authorisation and obtains from EFSA a written consent  in this regard. In addition, the contractor selected as a result of the present procurement procedure shall  be solely responsible and liable for the following:  -  To ensure that terms and conditions asserted by any copyright holder of  publications or information referred to in the final deliverable for EFSA are fully  satisfied;  -  To make the necessary arrangements enabling EFSA to reproduce and make  non-commercial use of publications and information referred to in the final  deliverable it commissioned. As needed, the contractor shall consult with  copyright licensing authorities (i.e. at national level) for guidance on purchasing 