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Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
How to manage Eurasian beavers on your land without a licence and when you need a licence in England.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
How the MHRA makes decisions on when a product is a medical device (borderline products), and which risk class should apply to a medical device.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) and good distribution practice (GDP), and prepare for an inspection.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
This external quality assessment scheme is suitable for laboratories located on production sites where the introduction of pathogens may be inadvisable.
The T32 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter.
Buses and coaches used for practical driving tests have to meet certain rules, and some must also carry a minimum weight.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
Frameworks which explain how to achieve end of waste status for certain waste derived materials.
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 to report incidents, including pro-formas for PON1 and PON2 and guidance on completion; listing of environmental alerts for operators in the North Sea.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
Check for listed disinfectants for aquaculture; or apply to have your product listed.
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