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Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Supplementary guidance to Treasury’s Green Book providing government analysts with rules for valuing energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions.
As a land owner or manager, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports and when you need to be authorised.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Check if a country or territory is approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
Find out how to apply for approval under the scheme, how to claim for the subsidy, how much you can claim and what records you need to keep.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
How to choose the right waste exemptions for your business, comply with exemption conditions, and know if you need to register.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
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