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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.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Check the tariff classification for animal beds.
What you need to do to export animal germplasm (semen, ova, and embryos).
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
What you need to do to export or move animal bones, protein and other by-products.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
How maritime ports and commercial operators in England can apply for funding from the Animal Biosecurity Infrastructure Fund to build border control posts for live animal imports.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rates for each category.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations.
Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
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 other live animals to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
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