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This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Listing of countries with a known occurrence of high consequence infectious disease (HCID).
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Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Colombia.
Information on how to use a High Integrity Telecommunications System.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Reclaim VAT you've paid on goods and services bought in the UK to use in your business if you’re registered as a business outside the UK.
Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England.
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Use this form to transform your Madrid Protocol Designation to a UK Trade Mark application.
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
The process of taking or giving evidence from abroad for UK court cases and rules on which countries allow it.
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