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Marking, labelling and marketing standards you must follow to import and export plant seeds, food and manufactured goods.
Laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, including the suitability of pens, cages or hutches
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How to register your medical devices with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Marketing standards for hatching egg and chick producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
Sources of advice and financial support for UK farmers exporting agricultural products to the EU and beyond
This guidance provides an introductory guide to the standards and regulatory requirements that businesses may need to meet, to import and sell goods in the UK.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Information about how to get ESFA funding for post-16 education and training.
Find out how you can use, process or store similar free circulation goods in place of goods that you have declared for a customs special procedure.
How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.
Marketing standards for veal and beef importers, exporters, producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
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