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Apply for a permit to import, export or re-export a CITES-listed specimen in or out of the UK.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
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If you’re bringing in plants or plant-based products from the EU,…
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A ‘phytosanitary’ (plant health) certificate proves your plants: have been…
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Form to declare a gift or loan of an annex A CITES-listed specimen that did not involve a commercial transaction.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Form to apply for the examination and certification of plant products for export.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
Designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives.
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