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Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
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 you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
What growers and traders need to do to move plants (including plants for planting, seeds, used agricultural and forestry machinery and vehicles and seed potatoes) using a Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL).
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cultivated areas for arable plants option.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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.
Environment Agency warns poor crop-management could increase region's flooding and pollution
The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment examines how EU law on genetically modified products applies in modern plant breeding.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
A snapshot of 3 of the topics discussed during this conference: soil health, plant science and the future of farming practice
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.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
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