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  • This guidance is aimed at helping readers understand the permitting requirements of EC directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.

  • Higher Tier agreements for multi-year management options and one-off capital items to protect, restore or enhance the environment.

  • Requirements for an Animal Test Certificate (ATC) to carry out the field trial of a veterinary medicine in animals (clinical trial) in the UK.

  • How to spot chronic wasting disease (CWD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

  • Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.

  • Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.

  • Cattle keepers must report the death of any cattle to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), return the cattle passport and record it on their holding register.

  • Requirement to analyse samples from food producing animals for residues of veterinary medicines and prohibited substances.

  • What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.

  • Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.

  • T24 exemption allows farmers to anaerobically digest manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.

  • Find out when to test vaccinated animals and how to get private testing.

  • Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.

  • The rules that manufacturers and importers of fertilisers need to follow when trading in the UK.

  • This guidance explains what you need to do as an agreement holder.

  • Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.

  • Agreement holder’s guidance for agreements starting on or after 2 January 2025 until 31 December 2025.

  • Apply for capital item PA3 as a one-off payment to create a 10-year woodland management plan.

  • Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 2 January 2025 until 31 December 2025.

  • Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.