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Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
Form to apply to be a maintainer of a plant variety on the UK National List.
Get help to classify rice and related products for direct human consumption for import and export.
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Variety description forms for applications to add amateur vegetables to the national list.
What you need to know before you can place a medical device on the Great Britain market with a UKCA mark.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Climate change affects the yield of crops through increased exposure to high temperature, water, salinity and flooding stresses
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
The Tribunal makes decisions about national listing of new varieties of plants, UK plant variety rights and certain forestry matters. PVST is a tribunal of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
Guidance, application forms and protocols for plant breeders' rights, national listing, seed certification and farmed saved seed.
How to apply for certification, the register of growers and fees for crop and tuber inspections under the Seed Potato Classification Scheme (SPCS).
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