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Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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.
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.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Apply for a permit to import, export or re-export a CITES-listed specimen in or out of the UK.
Check the specimen bank certified SAYE prospectus savings agreement.
Form to declare a gift or loan of an annex A CITES-listed specimen that did not involve a commercial transaction.
Specialist reference laboratory services for mycobacteriology available in the UK.
Record accommodation and care arrangements for CITES species for import and if they're about to move to new premises.
This guidance explains what a specimen passport is and how His Majesty’s Passport Office deals with requests for specimen passports.
Agreement for the contracting of data collection activities as part of the Fisheries Science Partnership.
Information on taking, submitting and processing samples which potentially contain monkeypox virus.
The mycology reference laboratory (MRL) provides a comprehensive laboratory service for the diagnosis and management of fungal infections.
How to label, package and submit specimens to the laboratory for diagnostic testing.
Apply for a licence to possess European protected species and Habitats Directive (annexes II(b) and IV) species for science and education and find out how to report your actions.
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