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Guidance on setting limits and levels on discharges of gaseous and liquid radioactive waste from nuclear licensed sites in England and Wales.
Radioactive substances regulation guidance on the management of the generation and disposal of radioactive waste during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
How issues and disputes under the Groceries Supply Code of Practice will be handled.
Background and additional information to support the directions for requests for electronic uncertified copies from patent files.
Directions under section 124A of the Patents Act 1977 on delivery of electronic uncertified copies of documents
When an assay office refuses to hallmark an item you have submitted you can appeal to the British Hallmarking Council.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patents Act 1977.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
Findings from the review of regulatory enforcement in the pharmaceutical sector.
New procedure relating to convention country priority claims in design applications.
Guidance to organisations seeking exemptions from bidirectional flow over gas interconnectors between EU Member States.
Changes to the registered designs rules to coincide with the modernisation of primary legislation.
Use of colour representation in design applications.
Statutory Instruments are secondary legislation that has been passed by Parliament.
Facilitating the restoration of lapsed registrations.
Allowing multiple applications.
Guidance on referring to items such as ‘gold’, ‘silver’, ‘platinum’ or ‘palladium’ where there is no reference to the fineness of the metal.
Filing requirements for design applications.
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