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You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you are importing or presenting a decoration or award in the UK.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Check the tariff classification for decorative articles for Christmas trees.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Guidance on choosing evaluation study types and methods.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
Use this form to apply to register one or more designs for which registration has been deferred.
Use this form to request a certified copy of a design.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
This series brings together all documents relating to Ministers' gifts and hospitality.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Guidance on the grant to provide additional support to 21 areas producing exemplar design codes.
This series brings together all documents relating to DECC's Special Advisers: gifts and hospitality received
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Collection of European Trade Mark and Design Network common practice notices.
This Standard has been prepared to complement and support the provision of aerodrome visual aids required in RA 3500 to RA 3590 titled ‘aerodrome design and safeguarding’ (Issue 2).
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