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The conditions you must meet to apply for and use Approved Importer status to commercially import dogs, cats and ferrets into England from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine.
Apply for a licence to do development or other work that may affect otters and find out how to report your actions.
Apply for a temporary certificate of competence (CoC) to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
Apply for a licence to keep certain non-native species for exhibition or for science and education purposes and find out how to report your actions.
You must complete this form each year if you have a bat survey licence.
Apply for a licence to move and keep certain non-native (alien) species for animal welfare purposes.
Apply for a licence to kill wild birds for falconry and find out how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.
Use this form to apply for an export plant health phytosanitary certificate (PC) if you’re unable to use the electronic application service.
Apply for a licence to release non-native (alien) and schedule 9 species, or release native Eurasian beavers into secure enclosures, and how to report your actions.
You or your appointed import agent must complete a notice of landing form so you can arrange an inspection of your imported timber, if necessary.
Apply for a certificate of competence to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
Use this form to apply for a licence for a British-registered fishing vessel.
Forms to apply for permits to move and use non-native animals and plants.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect water voles. Find out if you need to pay for the licence and how to report your actions.
Forms and checklist for transport carriers and checkers to report non-compliance when checking documents and pet animals that enter Great Britain.
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery and find out how to report your actions.
Complete this form if you're an applicant applying to register a biodiversity gain site or record allocation of off-site gains.
A licence to temporarily possess and move dead beavers for post-mortem health and disease testing.
Public bodies should use this form to pay for fast-track advice for a proposal to carry out work on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
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