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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
How much it costs to apply for plant breeders’ rights or to add a new plant variety to the national list.
If your business sells amateur plant protection products (PPPs) in Great Britain, register to comply with regulations.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
Apply for a licence application to sell dead or live protected animals and plants and find out how to report your actions.
How you import from and export to Turkey.
Apply for a licence to take protected plants for science, education or conservation purposes and find out how to report your actions.
To help protect Britain's trees and woodland, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission is required to fell most trees.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Use form ALVS1 if the Automatic Licence Verification System cannot process an automatic release on CHIEF or the Customs Declaration Service.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Find out how to fell diseased trees to slow the spread of certain tree pests and diseases and to protect the wider treescape – what to do if you get a statutory plant health notice (SPHN) asking you to fell...
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
Varieties of plant species that Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland require to be registered on their variety lists.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Guidance on how to import and export plants and plant products to and from the UK.
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