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  • How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.

  • How to create a sketch map to register land or update the land details on your digital maps on the Rural Payments service.

  • Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.

  • How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.

  • Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.

  • Service for Marketing Authorisation Holders, Manufacturers and Wholesalers.

  • Rules on buffer strips that you must follow if you have hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.

  • Farmers should send this guidance to their vet, so they can see what to do on a review or follow-up. This guidance includes details of testing, how to advise, and what information to provide.

  • How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.

  • Find out what land details you need to register on the Rural Payments service to apply for rural payments.

  • The rules to follow when moving animals within a restricted zone, including to markets, shows and slaughterhouses.

  • When and how Countryside Stewardship agreement holders can create an annual declaration online for their 2026 revenue claim.

  • Common user charge rates and how the charge applies to imports entering Great Britain through the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel.

  • How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.

  • Find out the requirements for importing organic products and when you need a certificate of inspection (COI).

  • How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.

  • How to apply for capital item PA3 as a one-off payment to create a 10-year woodland management plan, and how to manage your funding agreement.

  • You can give other people permission to act for your business, like an agent.

  • The tests you must arrange for bovine TB, what happens if your cattle test positive, when cattle must be slaughtered, and compensation.

  • Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.