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Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
Guidance on the decentralised and mutual recognition reliance procedure (MRDCRP) for marketing authorisation applications including information on how to apply.
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.
Who in the pharmaceutical industry can be a Marketing Authorisation Holder, named distributor or local representative and how to make changes to these.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Placing a veterinary medicine on the market, including non-medicinal products, medicinal words and phrases, how to obtain advice, report non-compliance.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
How to renew marketing authorisations for products granted through different routes and at different times.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply for an authorisation to place a veterinary medicine on the UK market or part of, or to expire one.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
Details of the process changes for established medicines, effective from 1 March 2024, which apply specifically to chemical products.
Marking, labelling and marketing standards you must follow to import and export plant seeds, food and manufactured goods.
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