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You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…
Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…
Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…
Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…
You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…
How to use a single commodity code to import your goods in split consignments when importing large machinery or plant.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
You can use the bulk import reduced data set to declare one or more low value parcels in a single import declaration when you import goods to Great Britain.
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Information for consumers and retailers about England's minimum 5p single use carrier bag (SUCB) charge from 5 October 2015.
Budget 2018 announced that the government will introduce a world-leading new tax on produced or imported plastic packaging. Subject to consultation, this will apply to all plastic packaging that doesn’t include at least 30% recycled content.
The government's summary of a proposed EU regulation establishing a single market emergency instrument and repealing regulation 2679/98.
How to cancel or make changes to your VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) Scheme registration.
UK guidance on re-manufacturing of Single-use medical devices.
What 'single-use' means and what symbol is used by manufacturers to show this.
How to pay the VAT due on your Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) VAT Return and the time it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
You can use a SIEL to make shipments of specified military or dual-use items to a named consignee and/or end user.
Find out if you can register and use the VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) Scheme to report and pay VAT on imports of low value goods to consumers in the EU, Northern Ireland, or both.
Tyre load rating and exceptions, and tyre load index tables for single wheel and dual wheel configurations for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
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