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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).
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 import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
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 apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
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).
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 assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Licences for activities affecting wild plants.
Find out how to prevent Xylella fastidiosa, Ceratocystis platani and Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi entering the UK on plants and trees.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting new hedges item.
Guidance on how to import and export plants and plant products to and from the UK.
Get authorisation to use Northern Ireland plant health labels (NIPHL) and see the list of regulated plants for planting.
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