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Changes to Intrastat from 1 January 2022
Intrastat threshold notification and new requirements for dispatches.
Packaging and packaging waste management
How to comply with packaging regulations and how to reduce costs and the environmental impact of packaging
Why is Intrastat important?
How returning complete, accurate and timely Intrastat data can benefit your business.
Weights and measures rules for bakers
Weights and measures rules for bakers including rules regarding the weight of packaged bread.
Product safety liability and insurance
The law relating to product safety liability and why taking out product liability insurance is a good idea.
Placing manufactured goods on the Northern Ireland market
Find out the EU rules relating to the placing on the market of manufactured goods.
Supplementary Declarations
An overview of Supplementary Declarations used in accounting for European Union trade.
Labelling and packaging rules for specific sectors
The legal requirements for price-marking and labelling precious metals, footwear, food, drink tobacco and toys.
Product labelling and packaging rules for retailers
Understand the special rules for retailers about the price marking and labelling of products.
What you need to know about packaging and labelling
The law about the packaging and labelling of products including information on quantity, composition, place and date of manufacture.
How to recycle your office waste
How recycling office waste is better than waste disposal, but it is better to eliminate waste or reuse materials.
Ecodesign: compliance and standards
Understand the legal responsibilities and standards that relate to the ecodesign of products, and how to ensure compliance with ecodesign directives
Promoting your environmental credentials to customers
How your business can promote your environmental credentials to customers and where to get further advice.
Weights and measures for packaged goods
What you must do if you sell goods in packages of a pre-determined constant quantity, including rules on average weights and ‘tolerable negative error’.
Weights and measures rules for butchers
Weights and measures rules for butchers including selling by net or gross weight, displaying prices and using approved scales.
Sell by metric weights and measures
The metric weights and measures your business must use when selling goods, including kilograms, litres and metres.
Product safety corrective action, recalls and incidents
Your legal duty for ensuring products are safe and actions you must take when there are problems.
Product safety advice and enforcement
How product safety is enforced locally and role of your local council’s Environmental Health Department.
Packaging - environmental considerations
Environmental regulations and considerations when designing packaging including reducing the weight and volume and your duty of care for waste.
Environmental awards and recognition for waste reduction
Awards recognise your efforts and can help to promote your business as an environmentally responsible enterprise.