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How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
How businesses can get a rebate of duty on light oil used as a furnace fuel.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How BEIS has planned for emergencies potentially affecting oil, gas and electricity production and supply, and the civil nuclear establishment.
Use the online service or postal form HO49 if you're a horticultural producer and want to claim a repayment of Excise Duty on heavy mineral oil.
Find out if you're an employment intermediary and what you need to do to make sure your worker's tax and National Insurance is paid correctly.
Find out how to submit your returns as a registered dealer in controlled oils (RDCO).
Decommissioning programmes, including dates, locations, installations decommissioned, method of decommissioning and close-out reports where available.
Find out if you need to pay Fuel Duty on the fuel you produce, import or use and the rate you need to pay.
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
Use the online service or postal form HO34 to file a tax return as an approved trader in oils put to industrial uses under the Industrial Relief or Tied Oils Scheme.
OUGO sits within the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Energy Development Unit. The Unit is responsible for encouraging and overseeing energy development in the UK, including licensing oil and gas exploration and production to ensure we make the best...
Guidance on oil spills
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