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Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
If you’re importing commercial samples from countries outside the UK, you may be able to claim relief from Customs Duty and VAT.
Details of sediment and sample analysis for marine licence applications.
Guidance for food traders on how to submit a sample to the Government Chemist for second expert opinion.
Find out how to take samples from processed ABPs and find laboratories to test them, and what to do if one of your samples fails a test.
This guidance specifies the standards for the continuous monitoring and sampling of stack emissions.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Guidance on sampling methods and methodologies for materials facility operators, including information about sampling areas, equipment, schedules and compliance
Guidance for local authorities, port health authorities and food traders on how to submit a sample for referee analysis.
An overview of the largest diagnostic network in British history, including what happens after you submit your sample and how laboratories process your test.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
The D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
Videos and instructions for how to take swab samples for COVID-19 testing
Find out how to use sampling to calculate Air Passenger Duty using a Special Accounting Scheme.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
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