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Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rate…
Guidance on the Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratory testing services and prices for animal disease diagnosis.
Funding for local authorities and social housing landlords to improve the energy performance of social homes in England.
Find out when to test vaccinated animals and how to get private testing.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
How to read your gas meter and convert this reading to kilowatt hours.
U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
How to apply for licences and stay compliant if you use, breed or supply animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Information on the lock keeper service on the River Thames.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the above ground tanks item.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Common causes of artificial light nuisance, lights that are exempt and how councils can assess light.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the livestock handling facilities item.
Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
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).
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rainwater goods item.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
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