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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
The Department for International Trade's (DIT) guides for UK businesses who are interested in selling overseas.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.
Horses, ponies, asses, donkeys and zebras must have a horse passport and it must be with the animal at all times
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export equines to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
List of administrations whose Certificate of Competency (CoC) are accepted towards issuing a UK Flag State Endorsement (FSE)
This guidance explains the different preference tiers under the DCTS, including benefits for each tier, criteria for moving between tiers and transition periods.
Countries, territories and organisations invited by UK Defence and Security Exports (UKDSE) to attend FIA 2022
This guidance explains what rules of origin (RoOs) are and the changes under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
Visa data by local authority in separate tables for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
List of organisations that issue horse passports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
Monitoring for major, notifiable or new and emerging animal disease outbreaks internationally and in the UK.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
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