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Find out how to claim for animal health and welfare reviews and endemic disease follow-ups.
Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
How the Environment Agency carries out government policy for groundwater and adopts a risk-based approach where legislation allows.
Countryside Stewardship (CS) schemes applied for from 2016 up to 2023: use the relevant manual to meet the requirements of your CS agreement.
How councils should deal with litter, refuse and dog mess, and the penalties they can give.
Guidance for exporters in EU and non-EU countries on how to complete health certificates to export animals and animal products to Great Britain.
Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitats.
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
Check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved to export to the EU and find out what your TRACES number is.
Guidance on additional risk assessments you will need to do for an environmental permit and information about the H1 software tool.
Find out how to contact the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) about SFI.
The rules you must follow to ensure pigs can be traced to prevent and contain disease.
Guidance for businesses trading in timber and timber-related products.
The Environment Agency prosecuted Severn Trent Water for huge discharge of raw sewage at treatment works in Stoke.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export porcine meat to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of …
If you buy a pet dog or cat, it’s important that you make checks to help combat the illegal trade in pet animals.
Written record of the annual fisheries consultations between the UK and the EU.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Requirements for importers, retailers and wholesalers selling and labelling wine in Great Britain, including labelling laws for wine imports into England from 1 January 2024.
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