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Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
This page contains an overview of the Psychoactive Substances Act and supporting documents.
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Customer declaration of specific uses of the scheduled category 1 or 2 substances (individual transactions).
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Register as a manufacturer, importer or distributor of active substances.
How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.
How to check that a laboratory is allowed to buy ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
Find out how to make an import or export declaration for human organs, blood, blood products, tissues and cells needed for emergency transplant or transfusion.
The approach to including substances of very high concern on the UK REACH candidate list.
Requirements if you work with ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
Requesting comments on draft Stockholm Convention proposals for 3 chemical substances.
Non-legislative framework to ensure continued co-operation between the government and devolved administrations in relation to land-use planning around hazardous substances.
You must have a licence to import or export ozone-depleting substances (ODS) to and from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Guidance for substance misuse commissioners on tackling new psychoactive substance (NPS) use, often called ‘legal highs.’
You must register and declare ozone-depleting substances (ODS) for laboratory or analytical uses.
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