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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.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Find out how to prevent Xylella fastidiosa, Ceratocystis platani and Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi entering the UK on plants and trees.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Check the tariff classification for rooibos tea.
Forms to apply for authorisation to issue plant passports or check if you need to be authorised.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
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 .
Legislation title: Guidance on the application of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) for phytosanitary treatment of oak processionary moth (OPM).
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
This leaflet has been produced to assist in the identification of injurious weeds as prescribed in the Weeds Act 1959.
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).
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
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