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How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
Find out how the VAT Capital Goods Scheme (CGS) works, the items covered by the scheme, the rules and how adjustments and disposals are affected.
Application form for consent to construct works on common land: Commons Act 2006, Section 38 and the National Trust Act.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured goods you place on the Northern Ireland market.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document F, which sets standards for ventilation in new dwellings.
A list of references to test standards that are common across a number of product families which apply to construction products.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
Get help to classify various items of iron and steel, primarily those classified under chapter 72.
Find technical information about the VAT reverse charge if you buy or sell building and construction services.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
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