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Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
Customer declaration of specific uses of the scheduled category 1 or 2 substances (individual transactions).
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
Customer declaration of specific uses of the scheduled category 1 or 2 substances (multiple transactions).
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
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.
Information companies placing hazardous mixtures on the UK market (such as manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors) should submit to the National Poisons Information Service.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
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