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Find out what to do and how much it costs to record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
For manufacturers and distributors of intermediate and final feedingstuffs containing a medicinal premix or specified feed additives.
Who can fish commercially, who can buy and sell first-sale fish, how to report sales information.
Check the air, sea and rail carriers registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency to transport assistance dogs with their owners.
How to get a licence to keep animals for exhibition, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Follow the code and guidance if you’re considering a species reintroduction or other conservation translocation. Use the forms to record your project and apply for a conservation translocation licence.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Guidance on medicines for food and non-food horses and record keeping requirements including the horse passport.
Find out about the process and costs to apply for Defra disinfectant approval.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.
Buying statutory biodiversity credits is a last resort for developers who are unable to use on-site or off-site units to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to register a racing pigeon establishment in England and Wales to move pigeons to the EU or Northern Ireland for racing back to Great Britain.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
How to prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
How livestock keepers in high-risk counties of England can get free bluetongue testing for their animals.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
Guidance for EU exporters, exporters from the rest of the world and UK importers, on how to import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain.
Get a licence to own dead species protected under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive for scientific or educational purposes.
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