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Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
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 which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
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.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
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.
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 to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment examines how EU law on genetically modified products applies in modern plant breeding.
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.
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).
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.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
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