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Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
How to get approval to transport pet cats, dogs and ferrets, and when you must transport assistance dogs with their owners.
The conditions you must meet to apply for and use Approved Importer status to commercially import dogs, cats and ferrets into Great Britain from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine.
How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
Find out about the licences you need and rules you must follow to import Specified Animal Pathogens into England, Scotland and Wales.
Find out how to import live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Apply for premises approval to move animals covered by the Balai Directive.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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 pets to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man
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