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Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Guidance for organisations involved in any aspect of the pharmaceutical lifecycle or GLP studies regulated by MHRA, covering the approval of paper documents when working from home
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
You must include the appropriate legal basis for your application when you apply to MHRA for a marketing authorisation.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border
Examples of how and when to adjust the customs value for commercial level and quantity when using Methods 2 or 3 if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
What to do if your goods are lost, destroyed or stolen under an ATA Carnet.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Sets out COVID-19 testing for hospice patients and staff.
Read about businesses that have participated in support schemes funded by the UK government.
Countries have their own rules about what goods you can bring in using an ATA Carnet. Check with the issuer in the country you’re exporting to.
You can use a SIEL to make shipments of specified military or dual-use items to a named consignee and/or end user.
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