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Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Information and advice for building owners, landlords and leaseholders where aluminium composite cladding is present on their building.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
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.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
Find out how to import timber and wood material, including the documents, identity checks and plant health inspections required.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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