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1.4 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. The release for free circulation in the UK of such shipments is conditional on the acceptance by the UK competent authority of the FLEGT licence. The competent authority may verify the authenticity of the FLEGT licence and its conformity with the shipment that it covers.

1.5 Items made of or containing Ivory: The Ivory Act (2018) applies to the import to the UK and export from the UK of items made of or containing elephant ivory which are intended to be dealt. (...) The Ivory Act (2018) prohibits the import and export of items made of or containing elephant ivory for the purposes of dealing those items, unless they fall within one of five exemptions.

Co-financed subsidy programmes 2022: Hungarian Fisheries Operational Programme Plus: The main objectives of Hungarian Fisheries Operational Programme Plus (HFOP Plus) are to empower micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of fish production and fish processing through innovation and digitalization, while reducing environmental impact. Other important objectives are the support of climate- and environment-friendly fish farming methods, the increase of the proportion of methods based on the principle of circular farming within the production systems, the maintenance and development of the biodiversity of aquatic and wetland habitats, the CO2 exemption of the sector and supporting the role of fishponds in maintaining natural values.

Co-financed subsidy programmes 2022: Integrated Transport Development Operational Programme Plus (ITOP Plus): The comprehensive objective (...) ) is a greener, low-carbon Europe based on multimodal and urban development, and a more connected Europe by climate resilient, intelligent, secure, sustainable and intermodal TEN-T network.

Co-financed subsidy programmes 2022: Environment and Energy Efficiency Operational Programme Plus (EEEOP Plus): The EEEOP Plus is the continuation of the previous EEEOP, under the new legal framework for the period of 2021-2027. Following on from and complementing the previous Operational Programme, EEEOP Plus has been extended to cover several new areas, taking into account emerging environmental concerns, the changing regulatory environment and increasing greening efforts. to reduce environmental pollution and excessive use of our resources, to protect biodiversity, to prioritize the circular economy, to promote water conservation and the development of green and blue infrastructure, as well as support the establishment of local energy communities. In addition, the primary task under PA5 is to create new jobs and reduce emissions in the carbon-intensive counties (Baranya, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves).

Co-financed subsidy programmes 2022: Digital Renewal Operational Programme (DROP Plus): aims to respond with a comprehensive approach to emerging global, technological, security and sustainability challenges (...).The 4 priorities of the OP constitute an integrated, back-to-back system in which: (...) the green and hi-tech transition, facilitating the uptake of digital solutions and the transition to a climate-neutral, circular and more resilient economy through the use of data;(...)

1.6 Waste shipment: This section provides a description of the UK waste shipment notification scheme as established by the UK rules and procedures for the transboundary shipments of waste. 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 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) decision on transboundary movements of waste for recovery.

2022: Woodland Improvement Scheme and Continuous Cover Forestry: The aim is to stimulate investment in the improvement, protection and development of broadleaf woodlands and forests for a range of functions, including healthy tree growth, landscape improvement, biodiversity enhancement, soil protection and water protection.

1.7 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 ODS and products and equipment containing or relying on ODS are prohibited. However, there are exemptions to this prohibition. (...)