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What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
There are rules for bringing plants or ‘plant-based products’ (like wood)…
If you’re bringing in plants or plant-based products from the EU,…
If you’re bringing plants and plant-based products (like wood) from…
A ‘phytosanitary’ (plant health) certificate proves your plants: have been…
You’ll need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing any…
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How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
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.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
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).
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
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.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
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.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Find out how to import species of bonsai to Great Britain from Japan and Korea, who you can import from, and what the quarantine rules are.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
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 information and support on how to comply with the biosecure procurement requirement for suppliers of plants and trees.
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