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Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Check what processes are considered as insufficient production under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Find out which plastic packaging components are in and out of scope of Plastic Packaging Tax.
Guidance for those involved in the placing of packaged goods on the market.
How to pay Plastic Packaging Tax and the time it takes for payments to reach HMRC.
Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact
Find out if you need to report packaging data under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
What secondary and joint and several liability is, and when you may be liable for unpaid Plastic Packaging Tax.
Seeking views on our plans to introduce an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for packaging.
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.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) guidance on preventing and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the international aid sector.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
A collection of guidance you should follow for Plastic Packaging Tax.
Infographic illustrating the top GB ports and associated top international trading supply regions, where non-compliant wood-based material has been intercepted.
If you have manufactured or imported 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging in the last 12 months, you may need to register for the tax.
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations.
Find out if relief is available for goods using Temporary Admission and if your goods require you to be established inside or outside the UK.
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