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When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Requesting comments on draft Stockholm Convention proposals for 3 chemical substances.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Information and resources to support commissioners, service providers and others to reduce harm and prevent deaths related to substance misuse.
This guidance outlines the circumstances under which a marine licence may be required from the Marine Management Organisation.
You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.
A standard exposure model can identify highly persistent chemicals for which a more conservative regulatory assessment may be appropriate.
Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) screening of low production volume substances.
You must register and declare ozone-depleting substances (ODS) for laboratory or analytical uses.
Check the tariff classification for a defined daily dose of active substances.
Producer responsibility laws in the UK cover packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELVs).
How to check that a laboratory is allowed to buy ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
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