Original document : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-trade-samples-or-display-items-not-for-human-consumption-import-information-notes

Change description : 2025-03-07 16:59:00: In the Import Information Note ABP/29 for the import of display items, we updated the link to the recently updated general import authorisation IMP/GEN/2025/04. [Guidance and regulation]

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Statutory guidance

Research and trade samples or display items (not for human consumption) - Import Information Notes

Statutory guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing research and trade samples or display items to Great Britain.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
2 December 2024
Last updated
147 JanuaryMarch 2025 — See all updates

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Import of trade samples - Import Information Note (IIN) ABP/8B

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Import of display items - Import Information Note (IIN) ABP/29

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Import of research and diagnostic samples - Import Information Note (IIN) ABP/30

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Published 2 December 2024
Last updated 147 JanuaryMarch 2025 + show all updates

  1. In the Import Information Note ABP/29 for the import of display items, we updated the link to the recently updated general import authorisation IMP/GEN/2025/04.

  2. The link to the authorisation 'EU display items IMP/GEN/2024/06' has been replaced with a link to 'EU display items IMP/GEN/2025/02'. This is in response to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany.

  3. First published.

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Update history

2025-03-27 14:49
Updated ‘Import of display items – Import Information Note (IIN) ABP/29’. In the ‘Authorisations’ section for ‘EU and EFTA member states’, added a link to the general licences and authorisations to import live animals or animal products.

2025-03-07 16:59
In the Import Information Note ABP/29 for the import of display items, we updated the link to the recently updated general import authorisation IMP/GEN/2025/04.

2025-01-14 17:36
The link to the authorisation ‘EU display items IMP/GEN/2024/06’ has been replaced with a link to ‘EU display items IMP/GEN/2025/02’. This is in response to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany.

2024-12-02 11:00
First published.