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Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
Guidance on managing and using bed rails safely.
Standardisation explained.
An overview of the work the IPO is undertaking in relation to Standard Essential Patents.
Guidance on how planning authorities can gather evidence to set optional requirements and the nationally described space standard.
Proposed updates to the lists of standards for businesses.
How to use the common data standards for the criminal justice system (CJS) in England and Wales.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Distances between locks on the River Thames and measurements restricting navigation.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
Guides councils in how to assess their housing needs.
Sets out the role and approach of the DSA to improve the adoption of common data standards across government over the next 3 years.
Technical information, notes and guidance on the surveys of the structure of the agricultural industry.
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