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Vehicle emissions testing - including the MOT test, roadside checks and Air Quality Management Areas
Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
Bringing together data from disparate systems helps identity the highest-risk vehicles.
Find out about relief from Excise Duty for users of fuel used to generate electricity ('Electricity Relief').
An online service for viewing test histories and roadside check reports for your commercial vehicles and checking your Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS)
Guidance for manufacturers and importers.
Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
Dstl ensures the UK can develop and exploit new sensor technologies for our defence and security, to find and assess potential threats and give information to decision-makers.
Rules about the labels that tyres must display to give information about fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise classification.
OCRS is used to calculate the risk of commercial vehicle operators not following the rules on roadworthiness and traffic - how the system works, what your score means and how it can change
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
How to spot contagious equine metritis, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
This collection brings together information on the Single Library Digital Presence.
Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.
You may be able to get provisional entitlement to higher category vehicles, and automatic entitlement to lower categories if you pass a higher category driving test.
Access the Environmental and Emissions Monitoring System database to get data on oil rigs and other offshore installations around the UK.
Engine manufacturers' database and guide for builders, owners, skippers, managers, surveyors and measurers of UK registered fishing vessels.
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