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Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
There are rules for bringing plants or ‘plant-based products’ (like wood)…
If you’re bringing in plants or plant-based products from the EU,…
If you’re bringing plants and plant-based products (like wood) from…
A ‘phytosanitary’ (plant health) certificate proves your plants: have been…
You’ll need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing any…
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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.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
Find out about the SFI actions for integrated pest management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
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).
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
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 .
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model for live animals, animal products, plants and plant products imported to Great Britain.
How much it costs to apply for plant breeders’ rights or to add a new plant variety to the national list.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Find out about exporting products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, dairy and fish, live animals, plants and plant products.
Guidance, application forms and protocols for plant breeders' rights, national listing, seed certification and farmed saved seed.
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