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Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Requesting comments on draft risk profiles and risk management evaluations for 5 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP review committee.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
Find out if the goods you're declaring to inward or outward processing are classed as sensitive goods.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Register as a manufacturer, importer or distributor of active substances for use in veterinary medicines.
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
You can claim relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing therapeutic substances of human origin, blood-grouping or tissue-typing reagents, or related packaging, solvents and accessories.
Directory of current ICH Guidelines which have been implemented by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
This page contains an overview of the Psychoactive Substances Act and supporting documents.
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.
Customer declaration of specific uses of the scheduled category 1 or 2 substances (individual transactions).
Requesting comments on draft Stockholm Convention proposals for 3 chemical substances.
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