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How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Check how you can operate an authorised consignee temporary storage facility so you can store goods for up to 6 days, including how to get authorised.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
How to manage Eurasian beavers on your land without a licence and when you need a licence in England.
This note applies from 1 April 2024
Find out how to declare that your goods have been put to their authorised use, destroyed or re-exported.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
How to record and report fluorinated gas (F gas) you produce, import, export or destroy in Great Britain.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
Apply for protection against infringements of intellectual property rights on imports into and exports out of the UK.
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
This service provides a Certificate of Destruction (CoD) and Notification of Destruction (NoD) for an authorised treatment facility (ATF).
What you can do if your goods or vehicle are seized by Border Force or HM Revenue and Customs - get your things back or disagree with a customs seizure
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
Horses, ponies, asses, donkeys and zebras must have a horse passport and it must be with the animal at all times
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) administers the UK’s system of export controls and licensing for military and dual-use items. ECJU is part of the Department for Business and Trade .
Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
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