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Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
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).
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
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.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the flower-rich margins and plots option.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
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 about eligibility and requirements for the autumn sown bumblebird mix option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the nectar flower mix option.
Over the last 18 months, the Environment Agency's Waterways team has been working hard to create a pollinator paradise along the River Great Ouse.
Highways England is driving a new initiative which will have wide-reaching benefits for the environment and biodiversity – and the answer lies in the soil.
Important flower-rich grasslands in Luton gain national protection through SSSI designation.
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