Ports and Borders - Processes and procedures

List of test house locations.

External process for managing consignments subject to Trading Standards holds where goods are refused release to the free market.

Joint NCH and TS guidance on the external process for managing consignments subject to Trading Standards holds where goods are refused release to the free market.

Guidance for importers and agents on the process to be followed for goods to be destroyed at a waste recycling facility.

This section covers how to manifest search vessels arriving at London Gateway and Tilbury port on the CNS system.

This section covers how to manifest search vessels arriving at Tilbury port on the Destin8 system.

A step-by-step guide for ports processes from Thurrock Council.

Checklist for cosmetic products under the Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 and EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

Text used when holding and releasing consignments using the CNS holds system, from Thurrock Council.

Mixed consignment process for part load release and part load destruction for London Heathrow (LHR).

External temporary storage facility (ETSF) codes for LHR.

Hillingdon Trading Standards procedure for safety at ports consignment examinations.

Guidance from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) on recording results of monthly border control interventions for London Heathrow (LHR).

Guidance on what you need to know on supplying cosmetic products on the UK market from the Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA).