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Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Apply for a higher education course, track your application and accept or reject your offers.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export hides, horns and trophies to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
How to apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, what's involved in the application process and how long it takes.
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
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Use these forms and guidance document to export gelatin manufactured in the UK exclusively from bovine materials obtained from animals slaughtered outside the EU and outside countries where Bovine Spongiform (BSE) has been reported, to Japan.
Apply online to export international racehorses to Japan temporarily or to return horses to Japan after a visit.
Apply online to export serum and serum proteins for laboratory research or production use to Japan.
Apply online to export hides and skins to Mexico.
ATAS seeks to prevent the transfer of information, knowledge or technology which could develop, advance or support an Advanced Conventional Military Technology (ACMT) and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) programme or their means of delivery.
Apply online to export food products containing dairy like milk, cheese, butter and whey to Indonesia.
Use these forms and guidance document to export animal derived materials for in vitro or laboratory use only to Japan or the EU, for onward shipment to the USA.
Apply online to export deer tails, pizzles or other by-products to Hong Kong.
Apply online to export food products containing dairy, egg or gelatine or a combination of these, to Turkey.
Apply online to export medical food, infant formulas, drink, drink mixes and nutritional powder mixes containing individual amino acids derived from bird feathers and vitamin D-3 derived from sheep wool grease to USA.
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