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A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
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.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
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.
Find out what you need to do and how to apply to operate a customs warehouse when importing to the UK.
Check if your company can pay a reduced rate of 10% Corporate Tax if it exploits patented inventions and innovations.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Check the tariff classification for a wine tool set in a wooden box.
How to apply for PCS approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply under the approval.
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
How to register your medical devices with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
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).
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
Find out which plastic packaging components are exempt or excluded from the tax, and if the packaging counts towards the 10-tonne threshold for registration.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
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