Certification Logistics Pilot: import requirements
Page summary:
Guidance on the import requirements for businesses participating in the pilot, including guidance for certifying officers.
Change made:
The businesses that are participating in the Certification Logistics Module Pilot (CLP) have changed.
Time updated:
12:01am, 27 April 2025
Recyclability assessment methodology: how to assess your packaging waste
Page summary:
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
Change made:
This is version 1.1 of the recyclability assessment methodology. Updates from version 1 (December 2024) are noted in the text.
Time updated:
3:05pm, 28 April 2025
Recyclability assessment methodology: background and definitions
Page summary:
Supporting technical guidance for the recyclability assessment methodology, including an explanation of how to classify your packaging and technical definitions
Change made:
This is version 1.1 of the recyclability assessment methodology. THere are some additional definitions in this document.
Time updated:
3:05pm, 28 April 2025
Recyclability assessment methodology: materials and outputs
Page summary:
How to categorise and rate individual materials under the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM).
Change made:
This is version 1.1 of the recyclability assessment methodology. It removes some of the criteria that make various materials as ‘amber’ and ‘red’. These changes are explained in the body of the document.
Time updated:
3:05pm, 28 April 2025
Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do
Page summary:
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Change made:
Correcting the date for submission of nation data for 2025 to 1 April 2026. Including additional guidance around reporting nation of sale data and self-managed organisation waste for 2024-2026.
Time updated:
4:08pm, 29 April 2025
Import animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain
Page summary:
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
Change made:
From 30 April 2025, EU traders can choose to use importer declarations for certain ABP imports. This will help the BCP correctly identify the product and reduce the chance of delays. A commercial document will still be required.
Time updated:
4:54pm, 29 April 2025
Blood products: model health certificates
Page summary:
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export blood products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Change made:
Certificate GBHC501 updated.
Time updated:
10:30am, 30 April 2025
Other animal by-products: model health certificates
Page summary:
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal by-products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Change made:
Declaration GBHC586 now accepted from EU countries.Declaration GBHC144E added.
Time updated:
10:30am, 30 April 2025
Legal operator and competence requirements: environmental permits
Page summary:
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
Change made:
Corrected the text for ‘Group of individuals’ in legal entity examples – a group of individuals is not a legal entity.
Time updated:
4:58pm, 30 April 2025
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) framework document: February 2025
Page summary:
This document sets out the broad framework within which the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) and Defra operate.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
12:00am, 1 February 2025
Environment Agency framework document: May 2025
Page summary:
This document sets out how the Environment Agency will work with the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
10:16am, 1 May 2025
Defra framework documents
Page summary:
Information about how the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) works with its agencies and public bodies.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
10:23am, 1 May 2025
Sending parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
Page summary:
About checks and controls when sending parcels that contain sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) goods to Northern Ireland.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
12:00pm, 1 May 2025
Classify different types of waste
Page summary:
Guidance on how to identify and classify waste before you send it for recycling or disposal.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
4:30pm, 1 May 2025
Wastes from mechanical treatment of waste: how to classify
Page summary:
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
4:30pm, 1 May 2025
Vets: contact APHA to get expert advice on unusual animal disease
Page summary:
Vets can contact APHA to get expert advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.
Change made:
Email addresses have been updated.
Time updated:
9:27am, 2 May 2025
Clarifying information: imports of live animals and germinal products – IIN GEN/5
Page summary:
Clarifications on technical information about the import requirements for live animals and germplasm, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Change made:
We’ve updated clarifications for INN GEN/5 relating to foot and mouth disease (FMD).
Time updated:
9:50am, 2 May 2025
Clarifying information for imports of animal products – IIN GEN/4
Page summary:
Clarifications on the certification of animal products for imports of medium risk animal products, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Change made:
We’ve updated clarifications for INN GEN/4 relating to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Time updated:
9:54am, 2 May 2025
What happens when official controls are triggered at the EU border
Page summary:
Guidance on intensified official controls and imposed checks at the EU border. Understand what happens, who to contact and what you need to do.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
12:09pm, 2 May 2025
EPR for packaging: what you must do as a ‘small producer’
Page summary:
How small producers register and what they must record, report and pay under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging regulations
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
3:55pm, 2 May 2025
Businesses approved to export to the EU
Page summary:
Check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved to export to the EU and find out what your TRACES number is.
Change made:
We have updated the lists of businesses approved to export to the EU.
Time updated:
5:03pm, 2 May 2025
