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How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Apply for a licence application to sell dead or live protected animals and plants and find out how to report your actions.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
How to get certified as an organic farmer in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and funding available to convert and manage your land.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
How producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Guidance on tests and inspections for producers, processors, importers and sellers of organic food, feed and seed.
Apply for a licence to sell captive birds without the correct close ring (excluding diurnal birds of prey) and find out how to report your actions.
Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
Apply to temporarily include a non-organic ingredient in organic food or drink you sell in the UK.
Rules for exporting or moving organic food, feed and seed from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
How to work out your taxable capital gain or loss if you are not resident in the UK and are making direct or indirect disposals of UK property or land.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.
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