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Use these forms if you import, export, or move goods through the UK.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
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Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Colombia.
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The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
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Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Use this form to file a translation in connection with a European patent or a European patent application
Find out about the changes if you are exporting personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
The National Archives is the official archive and publisher for the UK government and for England and Wales. It is the guardian of some of our most iconic national documents, dating back over 1,000 years. The National Archives is a...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for customers visiting HM Passport Office.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.
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Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
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