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Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Export licences, Import licences, Import quotas Chemicals, Manufacturing
1.4 Ozone-depleting substances: The import of…
1.4 Ozone-depleting substances: The import of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) is subject to licensing. In the context of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on the substances that deplete the ozone layer, the Environment Agency issues ODS licences for imports into Great Britain based on applications submitted via the ODS quota, licensing and reporting system. Imports (as well as exports) of controlled substances, referred to hereby as ozone depleting substances (ODS) and products and equipment containing or relying on ODS are prohibited. However, there are exemptions to this prohibition. (...) Quota is determined on a yearly basis. The Environment Agency issue ODS licences with a validity period of 28 days.
Environment related objective
To protect the ozone layer and comply with obligations under the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.4 Ozone-depleting substances: The import of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) is subject to licensing. In the context of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on the substances that deplete the ozone layer, the Environment Agency issues ODS licences for imports into Great Britain based on applications submitted via the ODS quota, licensing and reporting system. Imports (as well as exports) of controlled substances, referred to hereby as ozone depleting substances (ODS) and products and equipment containing or relying on ODS are prohibited. However, there are exemptions to this prohibition. (...) Quota is determined on a yearly basis. The Environment Agency issue ODS licences with a validity period of 28 days.
Ozone depleting substances - CFC, Halons, HBFC, HCFC, and others.
Type of measure
Import licences; export licences; import quota
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Ozone
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences…
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences, Import quotas
 Chemicals, Manufacturing
1.5 Fluorinated gases including…
1.5 Fluorinated gases including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs): Companies must have a prior valid licence registration to import and export fluorinated gases (F gases). Further, for import of bulk hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) it is a requirement that the quantity of HFCs placed on the market (e.g., import released for free circulation) are covered by quota on an annual basis. Importers and exporters of HFCs to and from Great Britain must register with the Environment Agency in the Great Britain quota system. Importers and exporters to and from Northern Ireland must register with the European Commission in the European Union quota system. In addition, importers placing on the market refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment charged with HFCs must also be registered and the quantities of HFCs must be accounted for within the quota system at the time of import. Also, the placing on the market of certain products and equipment containing F-gases with a certain global warming potential are prohibited (...).
Environment related objective
As a signatory of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, the UK is committed to reduce our consumption of HFCs, licence and report on them annually. Reducing emissions from fluorinated greenhouse gases is a part of UK's effort to implement the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.5 Fluorinated gases including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs): Companies must have a prior valid licence registration to import and export fluorinated gases (F gases). Further, for import of bulk hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) it is a requirement that the quantity of HFCs placed on the market (e.g., import released for free circulation) are covered by quota on an annual basis. Importers and exporters of HFCs to and from Great Britain must register with the Environment Agency in the Great Britain quota system. Importers and exporters to and from Northern Ireland must register with the European Commission in the European Union quota system. In addition, importers placing on the market refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment charged with HFCs must also be registered and the quantities of HFCs must be accounted for within the quota system at the time of import. Also, the placing on the market of certain products and equipment containing F-gases with a certain global warming potential are prohibited (...).
HFC's which are listed in Annex I, Section 1, of the F-gas Regulation (Bulk Gases)
Type of measure
Import licences; import quota; prohibition; export licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Climate
Emissions
Green
Hazardous
MEAs
Ozone
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
MEAs implementation and compliance, Sustainable…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Sustainable forestry management
 Import licences Forestry
1.6 Harvested Timber: The FLEGT (Forest Law…
1.6 Harvested Timber: The FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) licensing scheme is a voluntary scheme to ensure that only legally harvested timber is imported into the UK from countries with which the UK concludes bilateral FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). Under the scheme a partner country issues FLEGT licences for every shipment of timber products covered by the agreement exported to the UK.
Environment related objective
To ensure that only legally harvested timber is imported into the UK from countries with which the UK concludes bilateral FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). Comply with CITES.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.6 Harvested Timber: The FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) licensing scheme is a voluntary scheme to ensure that only legally harvested timber is imported into the UK from countries with which the UK concludes bilateral FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). Under the scheme a partner country issues FLEGT licences for every shipment of timber products covered by the agreement exported to the UK.
Timber products (defined in the Agreements by HS codes) exported from FLEGT partner countries to the UK are covered by a FLEGT licence issued by the licensing authority of that country.
Type of measure
Licensing scheme
 ICS - HS Code
4403
4404
4406
4407
4408
4408.90
4411
4412
4412.31
4412.39
4412.94
4413
4414
4415
4416
4417
4418
4419
4802
4803
4804
4805
4806
4401.21
4401.22
4404.10
4404.20
4408.10
4408.31
4408.39
4409.10
4409.29
4410.11
4410.12
4410.19
4412.32
4412.99
4420.90
4421.90
4701
4702
4703
4704
4705
9401.61
9401.69
9403.30
9403.50
9403.60
9406.00
9702.00
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Environment
Forest
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences, Regulation…
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
 Other
1.7 Waste shipment: The import of waste into the…
1.7 Waste shipment: The import of waste into the UK is for wastes controlled under a licensing system administered by the UK competent authorities. Its requirements are tied in with those of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, and an OECD decision on transboundary movements of waste for recovery.
Environment related objective
Transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes are to be reduced to the minimum, consistent with the environmentally sound and efficient management of such wastes and to be conducted in a manner that will protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from such movement; comply with Basel Convention.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.7 Waste shipment: The import of waste into the UK is for wastes controlled under a licensing system administered by the UK competent authorities. Its requirements are tied in with those of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, and an OECD decision on transboundary movements of waste for recovery.
Hazardous waste listed in schedules to the Basel Convention or OECD Council Decisions. Applies to all shipments of waste to, from or transiting through the UK.

Type of measure
Import licences; export prohibition
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Environment
Hazardous
MEAs
Recycle
Waste
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Ban/Prohibition, Export licences Chemicals
1. Import and export prohibition and restrictions…
1. Import and export prohibition and restrictions of mercury and mercury products. Retained EU regulation 2017/852 as amended by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating mercury; Article XX(b) of the GATT; Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1. Import and export prohibition and restrictions of mercury and mercury products. Retained EU regulation 2017/852 as amended by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Other ores and concentrates; Slag, ash and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds; Mercury – export outside the UK is prohibited; Amalgams; Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams (...).


Type of measure
P: Prohibition; CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions; P-X: Prohibition for exportation; CP-X: Prohibition except under defined conditions for exportation
 ICS - HS Code
261790
262060
280540
284390
2852
285390
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 14 of April 2021
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, MEAs…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences Chemicals, Manufacturing
2. Import and export prohibition and restriction…
2. Import and export prohibition and restriction of substances that deplete the ozone layer. Retained EU Regulation 1005/2009 as amended by Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;
The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating ozone depleting substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases; Article XX(b) GATT; Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Measure description Coverage of the measure
2. Import and export prohibition and restriction of substances that deplete the ozone layer. Retained EU Regulation 1005/2009 as amended by Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;
The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Ozone deplete substances; Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC ) No 1005/2009 of 16 September 2009.
Type of measure
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions; NAL: Non-automatic licensing; CP-X: Prohibition except under defined for exportation; NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation
ICS - HS Code
284590
290314
290319
290339
290371
290372
290373
290374
290375
290376
290377
290378
290379
300432
300490
320800
320900
321000
321290
340311
340391
380891
380899
381300
381400
382200
382471
382472
382473
382474
382475
382476
382477
382499
382510
382541
392111
392112
392113
392114
392119
841500
841800
841960
842410
842490
845110
847621
847681
847690
847780
860100
860200
860300
860400
860500
860600
860700
860900
870100
870200
870300
870400
870500
870800
870900
871000
871600
880200
890100
890200
890391
890392
890400
890500
890610
988000
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 14 of April 2021
Keywords
Green
MEAs
Ozone
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, MEAs…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences…
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences, Export quotas, Import quotas
 Chemicals, Manufacturing
3. Import and export restriction of fluorinated…
3. Import and export restriction of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). Retained EU Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 as amended by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). Article XX(b) GATT; comply with Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
3. Import and export restriction of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). Retained EU Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 as amended by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). For a detailed list of the products concerned, please refer to Annex I and Annex III of Commission Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of 16 April 2014.
Type of measure
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions; NAL: Non-automatic licensing; BQ: Bilateral quota (i.e. anything less than a global quota); NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation
 ICS - HS Code
2903392100
2903392300
2903392500
8415109010
2903392410
2903392490
2903392610
2903392690
2903392710
2903392715
2903392720
2903392722
2903392724
2903392726
2903392791
2903392920
2903392922
2903392924
2903392925
2903392926
2903392928
2903392930
2903392932
2903392991
3824781000
3824781010
3824781090
3824782000
3824782010
3824782090
3824783000
3824783010
3824783090
3824784000
3824784010
3824784020
3824784030
3824784040
3824784090
3824788000
3824788010
3824788011
3824788020
3824788021
3824788030
3824788031
3824788040
3824788041
3824788091
3824789005
3824789010
3824789011
3824789020
3824789021
3824789030
3824789061
3824789070
3824789091
8415101010
8415200010
8415810091
8415820091
8415900099
8418102091
8418108091
8418211010
8418215110
8418215910
8418219110
8418219910
8418290010
8418302091
8418308091
8418402091
8418408091
8418501110
8418501910
8418509010
8418610091
8418690091
8418991051
8418991061
8418991081
8418999099
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 14 of April 2021.
Keywords
Green
MEAs
Ozone
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences…
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences, Export quotas, Import quotas
 Chemicals
4. Import and export prohibition and restriction…
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.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating hazardous chemicals; Article XX(b) GATT; comply with Rotterdam and 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
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions; NAL: Non-automatic licensing; BQ: Bilateral quota (i.e. anything less than a global quota); NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation
 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
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
38249993
68114000
68128000
68129100
68129200
68129300
68129900
68132000
81070000
29331990
29332100
38249992
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 14 of April 2021
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Organic
Pollution
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
 Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences Other
5. Restriction of trade in certain animals and…
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.
Environment related objective
To protect species of wild flora and fauna under GATT Art.(b) and (g); comply with CITES.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
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.
Certain animals and plant species. For a detailed list of species, refer to the Annex of Commission Regulation (EU) No 2019/2117
of 29 November 2019.
Type of measure
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions; NAL: Non-automatic licensing; CP-X : Prohibition except under defined conditions for exportation; NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation.
ICS - HS Code
010611
010619
010620
010632
010639
010649
010690
030111
030119
030192
030199
030274
030281
030289
030326
030359
030381
030389
030392
030447
030449
030456
030459
030488
030489
030496
030499
030531
030539
030544
030549
030559
030564
030569
030571
030572
030579
030771
030772
030779
030781
030782
030783
030784
030787
030788
030791
030792
030799
030811
030812
030819
030890
040719
051191
051199
060210
060290
060420
060490
071430
071490
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
010121
010129
010130
010231
010239
010290
010310
010391
010392
010410
010420
010612
010613
010614
010631
010633
020110
020120
020130
020210
020220
020230
020610
020629
020830
020840
020850
020860
020890
021012
021019
021020
021091
021092
021093
021099
030272
030291
030292
030299
030324
030391
030399
030432
030439
030451
030462
030469
030493
030510
030520
030552
030760
040729
040790
041000
050400
050590
050600
050700
050800
051000
060110
060120
060313
060390
090500
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 14 of April 2021.
Keywords
Endangered
MEAs
Wildlife
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1 United Kingdom 2021
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
 Ban/Prohibition Other
7. Import and export restrictions of waste:…
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.
Environment related objective
To contribute to the conservation of natural resources by regulating waste; GATT Article XX(b) and (g); comply with Basel Convention for the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal and OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations.
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.
Waste: Various. For a detailed list of substances, 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
P: Prohibition; CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions; P-X: Prohibition for exportation; CP-X: Prohibition except under defined conditions for exportation.

 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 14 of April 2021.
Keywords
MEAs
Recycle
Waste