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Official Veterinarians (OVs) and Food Competent Certifying Officers (FCCOs) in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to certify export health certificates.
Find contact numbers and email addresses for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.
Exporters in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to apply for an export health certificate.
Check the transport companies and routes you can use to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret to England, Scotland or Wales.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
Use this guidance to find the risk category and inspection rate for imports of live animals and animal products from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
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.
Check for maintenance and downtime of the Rural Payments service over the next 4 weeks
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
When you need to use movement licences and the designated slaughterhouses to use for bluetongue restricted premises.
When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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.
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