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Ensuring crime doesn’t pay: New Economic Crime Unit to tackle money laundering and carry out financial investigations
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The Environment Agency launches Economic Crime Unit to address serious financial offences in the waste sector
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First published.
Temporary certificate of competence to slaughter or kill animals
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Apply for a temporary certificate of competence (CoC) to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
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Added an online form to apply for a temporary certificate of competence to slaughter or kill animals.
Deposit Return Scheme – EIR2023/17881
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Information on the Deposit Return Scheme.
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First published.
Ozone-depleting substances (ODS)
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Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
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Clarified that all groups of ODS cannot be used in new equipment and to service existing equipment, unless they are recycled halons for critical use.
Local Air Quality Management: statutory directions
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Framework for local authority assessment and management of air quality standards and objectives: Secretary of State directions under Environment Act 1995.
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First published.
Check import risk categories and related rules for animals and animal products imported from non-EU countries to Great Britain, from 30 April 2024
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Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and the import rules for each category, from 30 April 2024.
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Added links to new APHA import information notes (ABP/20 and ABP/46) in Table 3k of the summary tables.
Check import risk categories and related rules for animals and animal products imported from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2024
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Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and the import rules for each category.
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Added links to new APHA import information notes (ABP/20 and ABP/46) in Table 3k of the summary tables.
Fluorinated gases (F gases)
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A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
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Clarified that global warming potential figures listed in the tables of F gases are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Countries Great Britain will accept validated PDF GB health certificates from
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Where Great Britain will accept validated PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.
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This page has been updated with information about the countries from which Great Britain accepts validated PDF GB health certificates, and the commodities for which they can be accepted.
Businesses approved to export to the EU
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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.
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Updated the lists of businesses approved to export to the EU.
