Animal diseases: evaluating risks through international trade
Page summary:
Assessing the likelihood of introducing animal diseases to Great Britain through the trade of live animals and animal products.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
12:47pm, 24 November 2025
UK Government gives voice to nature at COP30 climate conference
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UK accelerates global leadership on nature at COP30
Change made:
Further quote added.
Time updated:
12:58pm, 24 November 2025
CCT8: Manage and restore coastal sand dunes updated
Page summary:
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
Change made:
Correction: ‘WF03 Pond’ is an eligible land use code, not ‘NF03 Scattered scrub’ and ‘WO25 Scrub’.
Time updated:
1:37pm, 24 November 2025
CCT10: Manage and restore maritime cliffs and slopes updated
Page summary:
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
Change made:
Correction: ‘NF03 Scattered scrub’ and ‘WO25 Scrub’ are eligible land use codes, not ‘WF03 Pond’.
Time updated:
1:40pm, 24 November 2025
Imports, exports and EU trade of animals and animal products: topical issues
Page summary:
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Change made:
Updated the ‘Lumpy skin disease in the European Union’ section to include information about the restrictions on certain germinal products of bovine origin from Spain.
Time updated:
3:17pm, 24 November 2025
BSE: how to spot and report the disease
Page summary:
How to spot BSE, what to do if you suspect it, measures you must take to prevent it and when you must have cattle tested.
Change made:
The EU voted to accept the WOAH classification of the UK having ‘negligible risk’ status of BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy) (or more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease).
Time updated:
1:53pm, 25 November 2025
EM on EU legislation concerning persistent organic pollutants
Page summary:
The government’s summary of changes to EU legislation relating to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polybromodiphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
2:04pm, 25 November 2025
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) collection: code of practice
Page summary:
How a designated collection facility (DCF) must manage its separately collected household WEEE.
Change made:
Corrected the WEEE collection streams, in line with the regulations. Display equipment is stream C and cooling equipment is stream B.
Time updated:
11:29am, 27 November 2025
Summary log templates for UK packaging waste
Page summary:
Templates for the summary logs that reprocessors and exporters need to produce under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Change made:
Replaced the ‘Accredited reprocessors issuing on packaging waste received’ template with a version that does not pre-select a material.
Time updated:
3:11pm, 27 November 2025
Non-UK suppliers’ data: tell us how you collected it for EEE placed on the UK market via online marketplaces
Page summary:
Document how you’ve collected your non-UK suppliers’ household electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces as defined in the amended waste EEE regulations must submit a methodology.
Change made:
Updates made to reflect The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013, specifically regulation 2D(2). Details added on the EEE that online marketplaces must report alongside a summary of the reporting requirements.
Time updated:
9:19am, 28 November 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:
Updated all 5 lists of businesses approved to export to the EU.
Time updated:
2:43pm, 28 November 2025
