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How to contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Exporters in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to apply for an export health certificate.
A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
Official vets and inspectors in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to certify export health certificates.
How enforcement officers can apply the conformation standard to check if a dog is an XL Bully.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands and Greenland to Great Britain…
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.
How to get an export health certificate to export or move live animals and animal products from Great Britain to the EU, Northern Ireland or non-EU countries.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
What counts as a statutory nuisance and how councils can deal with complaints by issuing an abatement notice.
How to register and update your personal, business and land details on the Rural Payments service.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
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