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Explainer for the pharmaceutical industry on the implementation of Pharmacovigilance requirements during the transition time from the date the revised VMR have effect in GB to 17 May 2027.
How to get a licence to keep animals for exhibition, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
Who can fish commercially, who can buy and sell first-sale fish, how to report sales information.
Definitive fees charged for applications under Schedule 7 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.
Guidance for land managers and growers of trees, plants or crops about APHA’s plant health surveillance programme, why the surveys take place and what to expect from a survey inspection.
Laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, including the suitability of pens, cages or hutches
How to prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Actions to be taken by Marketing Authorisation Holders in order to supply veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2026.
Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
Contact details for Local Nature Partnerships in England.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
When and how to test for salmonella if you breed broiler chickens, and what happens if a flock tests positive. Testing is part of the salmonella national control programme (NCP).
There are two additional routes available for sourcing medicines in NI, the Veterinary Medicine Health Situation Scheme and the Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
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