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The code of practice for the sustainable use of soils on construction sites provides relevant advice on the use of soil in construction projects.
This guidance aims to support UK organisations in reducing their contribution to climate change.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
How to get a licence to keep animals for exhibition, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
About checks and controls when sending parcels that contain sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) goods to Northern Ireland.
Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.
This guidance is aimed at helping readers understand the permitting and other requirements specific to Radioactive Substances Regulation.
A decision tree illustrating the process for deciding the recyclability of materials under the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM), part of extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging
Information on the pilot scheme for importing medium-risk products to Great Britain.
Permitted critical uses of halons and the deadlines for decommissioning equipment containing halons.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology. This is also recom…
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
Guidance on using the GEFS, which allows 30-day support attestations that cover an entire group of products for export.
Understand the European Community (EC) directive 2008/1/EC on integrated pollution prevention and control.
As a relevant authority, understand what the Protected Landscapes duty is and how to comply with it.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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