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Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Quarantine requirements for live amphibians of the order Caudata (salamanders and newts)
How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
Argentina is subject to transit control for military goods and restrictions for controlled goods and technology.
Find out how you can use manure, guano and digestive tract content, including how to store and move them.
Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
Guidance, application forms and protocols for plant breeders' rights, national listing, seed certification and farmed saved seed.
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