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Standardisation explained.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
How to ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
How we assess issues of potential regulatory concern
Concise, principles-based core competencies for regulators and people training as regulators.
Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
How to make sure that your products are properly checked for conformity and your technical documents are managed correctly.
These published standards relate to a number of KPIs in the VMD Deliverables and KPI document.
The Regulatory Policy Committee provides the government with external, independent scrutiny of the evidence supporting changes in law that affect businesses, charities and community groups.
Ensuring that meters register the correct quantity of gas and electricity consumed.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) and good distribution practice (GDP), and prepare for an inspection.
This collection explains what we are currently doing to deal with problems at the organisations we regulate, and selected recent actions.
Types of model articles of association a limited company can have, including older versions of Table A from previous company legislation.
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