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Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
When you can use a designated UK-based conformity assessment body (CAB) to test your goods against the importing market’s regulations.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
How to get scientific advice about your licence application from MHRA, including: submitting a request, your meeting with MHRA, fees.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
Order a certificate of free sale to export medical devices outside the UK.
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