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Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…
Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…
Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…
Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…
You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…
Helping public health practitioners conducting evaluations – using outcome evaluations to find out if an intervention works.
Change your protocol, update your authorisation, report safety issues, submit safety updates and complete your end-of-trial study report.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
How to use a cost effectiveness analysis to evaluate your digital health product.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
Find out if anti-dumping duty, countervailing duty and safeguard measures apply to your goods and how to claim a repayment.
How to use Method 2 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Trade remedies protect domestic industries from unfair practices around imports. The UK’s own independent trade policy includes a trade remedies system.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
You can claim a relief to pay less Customs Duty and VAT if you re-import goods to the UK.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
Use form C&E1246 to make declarations for Returned Goods Relief when using duplicate lists.
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