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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).
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
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 about exporting products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, dairy and fish, live animals, 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.
Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
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.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Register so you can import or export regulated timber, wood products and bark, apply for export phytosanitary certificates, issue plant passports or apply ISPM15 marking.
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