| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 |
United Kingdom |
2022 |
|
|
Chemicals |
|
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment by restricting and conditionally prohibiting the import and export of hazardous chemicals under Article XX(b) of the GATT, the Rotterdam Convention, and the Stockholm Convention
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
4. Import and export prohibition and restriction of hazardous chemicals. Retained EU Regulation 649/2012 as amended by the Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
|
(a) Certain hazardous chemicals that are subject to the prior informed consent procedure under the Rotterdam Convention
(b) certain hazardous chemicals that are banned or severely restricted within Great Britain
(c) chemicals that are classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants and subject to the Stockholm Convention
|
|
Type of measure
|
BQ: Bilateral quota (i.e. anything less than a global quota), CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions, NAL: Non-automatic license, NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports
|
ICS - HS Code
|
25240000
27079100
28054000
28291100
28291900
28332980
28520000
28539090
29022000
29031300
29031400
29031500
29031900
29032900
29033100
29033911
29038100
29038200
29038300
29038980
29039200
29039300
29039400
29039980
29042000
29043100
29043200
29043300
29043400
29043500
29043600
29049100
29049900
29062900
29071300
29081100
29081900
29089100
29089900
29093031
29093038
29093090
29101000
29104000
29105000
29109000
29146100
29147100
29147900
29153600
29159000
29161600
29162000
29163990
29173995
29181800
29181998
29189100
29189990
29191000
29199000
29201100
29201900
29202900
29203000
29209010
29211999
29214200
29214300
29214400
29214500
29214900
29215990
29241200
29242100
29242500
29242970
29251995
29252100
29252900
29264000
29269070
29280090
29302000
29303000
29306000
29307000
29308000
29309016
29309098
29311000
29312000
29313990
29322090
29329900
29331990
29332100
29333999
29334990
29335910
29335995
29336910
29336980
29337900
29339200
29339980
29349990
29359090
29362900
29389090
29397900
29398000
32064970
34010000
34021300
38070090
38085200
38085900
38086100
38086200
38086900
38089100
38089200
38089300
38089400
38089910
38089990
38111100
38248100
38248200
38248300
38248400
38248500
38248600
38248700
38248800
38249992
38249993
68114000
68128000
68129100
68129200
68129300
68129900
68132000
81070000
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|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period: 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Genetic
Hazardous
MEAs
Pollution
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 |
United Kingdom |
2022 |
|
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences |
Other |
|
|
Environment related objective
|
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To protect the environment and conserve exhaustible natural resources by restricting and conditionally prohibiting the trade in protected wild species under Article XX(b) and (g) of the GATT and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
|
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Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
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5. Restriction of trade in certain animals and plant species for the protection of species of wild fauna and flora. Retained EU Regulation 338/97 as amended by the Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
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For a detailed list of species, please refer to the Annex of retained EU Regulation 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (as substituted by the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 2019/2117 of 29 November 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97), and the amendments to the Annex made by the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/ 054), and the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/645)
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|
Type of measure
|
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions, CP-X: Prohibition except under defined conditions for exportation, NAL: Non-automatic license, NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports
|
ICS - HS Code
|
010121
010129
010130
010231
010239
010290
010310
010391
010392
010410
010420
010611
010612
010613
010614
010619
010620
010631
010632
010633
010639
010649
010690
020110
020120
020130
020210
020220
020230
020610
020629
020830
020840
020850
020860
020890
021012
021019
021020
021091
021092
021093
021099
030111
030119
030192
030199
030272
030274
030281
030289
030291
030292
030299
030324
030326
030359
030381
030389
030391
030392
030399
030432
030439
030447
030449
030451
030456
030459
030462
030469
030488
030489
030493
030496
030499
030510
030520
030531
030539
030544
030549
030552
030559
030564
030569
030571
030572
030579
030760
030771
030772
030779
030781
030782
030783
030784
030787
030788
030791
030792
030799
030811
030812
030819
030890
040719
040729
040790
041000
050400
050590
050600
050700
050800
051000
051191
051199
060110
060120
060210
060290
060313
060390
060420
060490
071430
071490
090500
120930
120999
121120
121190
130190
130219
140490
150410
150420
150430
150600
151590
151610
151800
152110
152190
160100
160210
160220
160241
160242
160249
160250
160290
160300
160417
160418
160419
160420
160431
160432
160557
160559
160561
210400
210690
230110
230120
230990
300120
300190
300212
300213
300214
300215
300219
300290
300490
330129
330130
330190
330290
330499
410100
410200
410300
410400
410500
410600
410700
411200
411300
411400
411500
420211
420212
420221
420222
420231
420232
420291
420292
420310
420329
420330
420340
420500
420600
430160
430180
430190
430219
430220
430230
430310
430390
440111
440112
440121
440122
440131
440139
440311
440312
440323
440324
440325
440326
440349
440399
440600
440711
440712
440719
440721
440729
440794
440799
440810
440839
440890
440910
440922
440929
441231
441234
441239
441294
441299
441400
441700
441810
441820
441874
441879
441900
442000
510219
510220
510300
510400
510539
510540
510800
510900
511000
511100
511200
511300
550952
550961
550991
551513
551519
551522
551529
551599
551611
551612
551613
551614
551631
551632
551633
551634
551691
551692
551693
551694
560210
560221
560229
570110
570231
570239
570241
570250
570291
570310
570390
570400
570500
580110
580190
580500
600110
600129
600310
600390
600590
600610
600690
610190
610210
610290
610310
610329
610331
610339
610341
610349
610419
610429
610431
610439
610441
610449
610451
610459
610461
610469
610590
610690
610899
610990
611019
611090
611190
611490
611594
611599
611691
611699
611710
611780
611790
620111
620119
620191
620199
620211
620219
620291
620299
620311
620319
620329
620331
620339
620341
620349
620411
620419
620421
620429
620431
620439
620441
620449
620451
620459
620461
620469
620590
620620
620690
620799
620899
620990
621120
621139
621420
621490
621600
621700
630120
630190
630411
630419
630499
630790
640320
640351
640359
640391
640399
640419
640420
640510
640520
640610
640690
650100
650400
650500
650699
660200
660300
670100
670290
670300
670490
710110
711300
711400
711610
711700
821100
821210
821410
821500
900319
900390
900400
910100
910200
910300
910500
911310
911320
911390
920100
920200
920590
920600
920710
920790
920810
920991
920992
920994
920999
930310
930320
930330
930700
940161
940169
940171
940179
940180
940330
940340
940350
940360
940390
950300
950420
950490
950800
960110
960329
960330
960500
960629
960630
960810
960820
960830
960840
960850
960891
960899
961100
961320
961380
961400
961519
961620
970190
970300
970500
970600
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|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period: 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Conservation
Endangered
MEAs
Natural resources
Wildlife
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 |
United Kingdom |
2022 |
|
Ban/Prohibition |
Other |
|
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment and conserve exhaustible natural resources by restricting the import and export of waste under Article XX(b) and (g) of the GATT, the Basel Convention, and the OECD Control System for waste recovery
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
7. Import and export restrictions of waste: procedures and control regimes for the shipment of waste, depending on the origin, destination and route of the shipment, the type of waste shipped and the type of treatment to be applied to the waste at its destination. Retained EU regulation 1013/2006 as amended by the International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
|
Typologies of waste as defined in Regulation (EC) 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006. For a detailed description of the substances, please refer to Annexes III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006
|
|
Type of measure
|
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions, CP-X: Prohibition except under defined conditions for exportation, P: Prohibition, P-X: Prohibition on exports
|
ICS - HS Code
|
|
|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period: 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Conservation
Hazardous
MEAs
Natural resources
Waste
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 |
United Kingdom |
2022 |
|
Ban/Prohibition |
Fisheries |
|
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment and conserve exhaustible natural resources by prohibiting the import of IUU fish under Article XX(b) and (g) of the GATT
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
8. Import prohibition on fish caught by vessels listed on the UK’s Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) vessel list, or flying the flag of a non-cooperating country as defined in the Regulation to fight against Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing
|
Fishery products from various species, including any products which fall under Chapter 03 and Tariff headings 1604 and 1605 of the EU Combined Nomenclature, with the exception of the products listed in Annex I of the retained Council Regulation (EU) No 105/2008
|
|
Type of measure
|
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions
|
ICS - HS Code
|
030191
030192
030194
030195
030199
030211
030213
030214
030219
030221
030222
030223
030224
030229
030231
030232
030233
030234
030235
030236
030239
030241
030242
030243
030244
030245
030246
030247
030249
030251
030252
030253
030254
030255
030256
030259
030274
030281
030282
030284
030285
030289
030311
030312
030313
030314
030319
030326
030331
030332
030333
030334
030339
030341
030342
030343
030344
030345
030346
030349
030351
030353
030354
030355
030356
030357
030359
030363
030364
030365
030366
030367
030368
030369
030381
030382
030384
030389
030392
030441
030442
030443
030444
030445
030447
030448
030449
030453
030454
030456
030457
030459
030471
030472
030473
030474
030475
030479
030481
030482
030483
030484
030486
030487
030488
030489
030491
030494
030495
030496
030497
030499
030531
030532
030539
030541
030542
030543
030544
030549
030551
030553
030554
030559
030561
030562
030563
030564
030569
030571
030572
030579
030611
030612
030614
030615
030616
030617
030619
030631
030632
030633
030634
030636
030639
030691
030692
030693
030694
030695
030699
030742
030743
030749
030751
030752
030759
030771
030772
030779
030781
030782
030783
030784
030787
030788
030791
030792
030799
030811
030812
030819
030821
030822
030829
030830
030890
160411
160412
160413
160414
160415
160416
160417
160418
160419
160420
160431
160510
160521
160529
160530
160540
|
|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period: 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Conservation
Fish
Natural resources
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 |
United Kingdom |
2022 |
|
Export licences, Import licences |
Fisheries |
11. Catch documentation for bluefin tuna |
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment and conserve exhaustible natural resources by requiring catch documentation for bluefin tuna under Article XX(b) and (g) of the GATT and the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
11. Catch documentation for bluefin tuna
|
For a detailed description of the products concerned, please refer to Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 640/2010
|
|
Type of measure
|
NAL: Non-automatic license, NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports
|
ICS - HS Code
|
|
|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period: 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Conservation
Fish
MEAs
Natural resources
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 |
United Kingdom |
2022 |
|
Ban/Prohibition |
Other |
|
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment by controlling imports on products from animals caught in leg-hold traps under Article XX(a) and (b) of the GATT, the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
19. Import controls on furs and products from animals caught in leg-hold traps
|
For a detailed description of the products concerned, please refer to Annex I of Council Regulation (ECC) No 3254/91
|
|
Type of measure
|
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions
|
ICS - HS Code
|
4103
41039000
4301
43014000
43015000
430180
43018050
43018090
43019000
4302
430219
43021910
43021920
43021970
43021995
43022000
430230
43023010
43023035
43023041
43023071
43023075
4303
430310
43031090
43039000
|
|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period: 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Conservation
Endangered
MEAs
Wildlife
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 |
United Kingdom |
2022 |
|
Export licences, Import licences |
Fisheries |
20. Catch documentation for Patagonian Toothfish |
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment and conserve exhaustible natural resources by requiring catch documentation for Patagonian Toothfish under Article XX(b) and (g) of the GATT and the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
20. Catch documentation for Patagonian Toothfish
|
Dissostichus spp. – Patagonian and Antarctic Toothfish
|
|
Type of measure
|
NAL: Non-automatic license, NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports
|
ICS - HS Code
|
03026800
03036200
03041210
03041290
03042200
03049200
|
|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period: 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Conservation
Fish
MEAs
Natural disaster
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 |
United Kingdom |
2022 |
|
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
Other |
|
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment and conserve natural resources by prohibiting the trade of items containing ivory under Article XX(b) and (g) of the GATT and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
25. Prohibition of the trade of items made of or containing ivory, regardless of their age, unless they fall within one of the legally defined exemptions
|
(...) Worked ivory, bone, tortoiseshell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding) (...)
|
|
Type of measure
|
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions, NAL: Non-automatic license
|
ICS - HS Code
|
0507100000
4420
7113
7114
7115
7116
8211
8215
9201
9202
9205
9206
9209
9403
9504
9601
9701
9703
9706
|
|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period: 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Conservation
Endangered
MEAs
Natural resources
Wildlife
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/MUS/6 |
Mauritius |
2022 |
|
Export licences, Import licences |
Other |
|
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment by restricting the import and export of orchids, African grey parrot, and radiated tortoise under Article XX(b) of GATT and CITES
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
3. Import and export are limited through a system of permits for orchids, African grey parrot (Psitaccus erithacus), and radiated tortoise (Astrochelysradiata) under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in accordance with Section 38(1) and Section 39(1) of the Native Terrestrial Biodiversity and National Parks Act 2015.
|
Orchids and radiated tortoise under CITES
|
|
Type of measure
|
NAL: Non-automatic license, NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports
|
ICS - HS Code
|
|
|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 1 August 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Bio
Endangered
MEAs
Wildlife
|
|
| Quantitative Restrictions |
G/MA/QR/N/MUS/6 |
Mauritius |
2022 |
|
Export licences, Import licences |
Other |
|
|
Environment related objective
|
|
To protect the environment by restricting the import and export of endangered species under Article XX(b) of the GATT and CITES
|
|
Measure description
|
Coverage of the measure
|
|
4. Import and export are limited through a system of permits for endangered plant and animal species in accordance with Section 38(1) and Section 39(1) of the Native Terrestrial Biodiversity and National Parks Act 2015
|
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) listed plant and animal species under Appendix I and II and their derivatives.
|
|
Type of measure
|
NAL: Non-automatic license, NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports
|
ICS - HS Code
|
|
|
Subsidy amount
|
|
Implementation period
|
Information for the following biennial period 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 1 August 2022
|
|
Keywords
|
Bio
Endangered
MEAs
Wildlife
|
|