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The Approved Documents provide guidance on ways to meet the building regulations.
Weights and Measures Act 1985 and subsequent Deregulation Order 1999 (as amended).
Forms to register approved finishing units (AFUs) for TB restricted cattle in England and Wales and approved premises.
Information to support commercial fishers on under 12 metre English vessels.
What we check and how you apply for approval.
The conditions you must meet to apply for and use Approved Importer status to commercially import dogs, cats and ferrets into England from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
Type approval, individual (IVA), motorcycle single vehicle approval, voluntary approval, certificate of initial fitness, accessibility approval, fees, forms, replacement certificates
How to choose an SIA approved contractor and why you should.
Apply to become or identify an approved manufacturer authorised to carry out conformity assessment.
A fully searchable PDF of all the Approved Documents.
Use the online service or postal form C1454 if you're an exporter and want to use Simplified Procedures to export preference qualifying goods to preference-giving countries.
Information about the SIA's Approved Contractor Scheme: what it is and who can be approved.
Find out which COVID-19 test products have been approved.
Guidance on what approved bodies are, what they do and how you can become one.
Establishments approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and how competent authorities can change the establishment list.
Check if a country or territory is approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to get your company approved by the Security Industry Authority.
The approach the MHRA intends to take for products approved or pending in decentralised procedure (DCP) or mutual recognition procedures (MRP).
Request amendments to the UK's list of approved establishments for the export of live animals and animal products to Great Britain from non-EU countries.
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