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Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
Forms to apply for a licence to operate as a quarantine premises for dogs and cats.
Use this certificate to bring your pet dog, cat or ferret, or assistance dog, to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).
How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
Find out how to export live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Guidance for EU exporters, exporters from rest of the world and UK importers, on how to import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Check if you'll need an import licence and what import duty you'll need to pay when importing certain agricultural goods and food from outside the UK.
New measures will close existing loopholes exploited by unscrupulous breeders and traders
How to get approval to transport pet cats, dogs and ferrets, and when you must transport assistance dogs with their owners.
Find out how to import live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
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.
Apply for premises approval to move animals covered by the Balai Directive.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export pets to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man
Bring your pet to Great Britain - microchipping, pet passports, vaccinations
Find out about the licences you need and rules you must follow to import Specified Animal Pathogens into England, Scotland and Wales.
Information for companies on the import and export of controlled drugs to and from the UK.
What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.
The licences you must have to import animal pathogens or carriers to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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