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Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Find out how to take samples from processed ABPs and find laboratories to test them, and what to do if one of your samples fails a test.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
If you’re importing commercial samples from countries outside the UK, you may be able to claim relief from Customs Duty and VAT.
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology.
How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Guidance on choosing evaluation study types and methods.
Find out how to make fertiliser from processed ABPs including bonemeal, and if you need approval to manufacture, store or transport it.
Guidance for local authorities, port health authorities and food traders on how to submit a sample for referee analysis.
Guidance for food traders on how to submit a sample to the Government Chemist for second expert opinion.
Directory of current ICH Guidelines which have been implemented by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Find out if relief is available for goods using Temporary Admission and if your goods require you to be established inside or outside the UK.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
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