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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Use form ALVS1 if the Automatic Licence Verification System cannot process an automatic release on CHIEF or the Customs Declaration Service.
Forms to apply for permits to move and use non-native animals and plants.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Find out how you could do the SFI action for moorland.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
Find out how to return goods requiring import and export declarations after importing them to another country, or if they're rejected for import at another country’s border.
Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
This chapter provides an exhaustive review of mechanisms underlying the interactions between plants and plant-eating insects
Designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives.
Information about public access to military owned land.
You must use the PEACH system (Procedure for Electronic Application for Certificates) to import certain plants, fruits and vegetables
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Get authorisation to use Northern Ireland plant health labels (NIPHL) and see the list of regulated plants for planting.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Importing: an overview
This page contains the Border Target Operating Model, our final plans for a new approach to importing goods into Great Britain, that will be progressively introduced from the end of January 2024.
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