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How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to notify the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
How to declare goods that are short shipped on import at temporary storage locations.
Find out how to link your temporary storage facility to the Customs Declaration Service using a Community Systems Provider.
How to provide enough storage and keep storage records of organic manures in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
Putting your goods into temporary storage means you can delay the full customs declaration and payment of import VAT and duty for up to 90 days.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
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