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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…
If you need advice on bringing plants or plant-based products into Great…
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.
Find out about exporting products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, dairy and fish, live animals, plants and plant products.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
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).
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.
Apply for a licence application to sell dead or live protected animals and plants and find out how to report your actions.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Life cycle dynamics could lower aggregate manufacturing productivity by 25%in India and Mexico relative to the United States
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model for live animals, animal products, plants and plant products imported to Great Britain.
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 assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Licences to release non-native species into the wild
Find information and support on how to comply with the biosecure procurement requirement for suppliers of plants and trees.
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).
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
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.
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