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What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
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…
Ensuring you get what you pay for.
How to work out the weight of plastic packaging components and each material used to make them, to check if you must register for Plastic Packaging Tax and include them on your return.
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
Find out how to express the mass of a fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent to comply with regulations on F gases.
How to import bananas into the UK by weighing consignments and making simplified declarations.
Now the National Measurement Office.
Abattoirs in the Pig Carcase Grading Scheme must abide by the regulations for dressing, weighing, grading and marking carcases.
Information about becoming a goods vehicle operator, getting a goods vehicle licence and complying with regulations
Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
You can tow some small trailers using motorbikes of 125cc or more
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
As of today,20 May 2019, World Metrology Day, the kilogram will no longer be defined by a physical object
Information about how to pay the HGV levy for non-UK HGVs.
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
Groups and categories for driving licences issued before 15 October 2012 - find equivalent new licence categories and what vehicles you can drive
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
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