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Learn about the services we offer to businesses that enable you to check SIA licences, submit licence applications and pay the licence application fee.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Manufacturer licences including importer licences, specials, investigational and non orthodox and wholesale distribution licences.
Information about controlled drugs licences for companies that possess, manufacture, produce or supply controlled drugs in England, Wales or Scotland.
Details of General Licences issued by OFSI
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Codes that DVLA places on your driving licence, and their explanations
You may be able to use an open individual export licence (OIEL) to regularly export similar controlled items to the same customer.
Controlled drugs and precursor chemicals licensing fees information for individuals and companies.
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
As part of Dstl's commitment to improving access to technologies, we're making some of our intellectual property (IP) available for free.
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
The conditions you must follow if you hold an SIA licence, and the penalties you may face for not doing so.
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
The actions to take for sourcing medicines in different circumstances.
How to apply for, update and cancel licences for the manufacture, import and wholesale of human and veterinary medicines.
Guidance and forms for applying for a premises licence to sell alcohol, late night hot food and drink or provide public entertainment.
Use this service to apply for a licence to move birds or animals onto or off premises in disease control zones.
Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.
Licences to release non-native species into the wild
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