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How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Tribunal makes decisions about national listing of new varieties of plants, UK plant variety rights and certain forestry matters. PVST is a tribunal of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
If you import plant and plant products you must register the place of destination.
Get authorisation to use Northern Ireland plant health labels (NIPHL) and see the list of regulated plants for planting.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Form to apply to be a maintainer of a plant variety on the UK National List.
Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.
Find information and support on how to comply with the biosecure procurement requirement for suppliers of plants and trees.
Record details of imported plant material on the Procedure for Electronic Application for Certificates (PEACH) system.
Find out how to prevent Xylella fastidiosa, Ceratocystis platani and Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi entering the UK on plants and trees.
What growers and traders need to do to move plants (including plants for planting, seeds, used agricultural and forestry machinery and vehicles and seed potatoes) using a Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL).
Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
Form to authorise the use of an agent for an application to add a plant variety to the National List or for plant breeders' rights.
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