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Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
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.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Find out about the goods that are restricted and controlled when importing or exporting merchandise in your baggage.
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 assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Find out how you can use manure, guano and digestive tract content, including how to store and move them.
What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
Guidance for suppliers and dealers.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
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