The Import and Export Licences Regulations

Notifying member
United Kingdom
Title
The Import and Export Licences Regulations
First published
28/10/2019
First EIF
31/12/2020
Latest published
23/12/2021
In force to
Latest notification
G/LIC/N/3/GBR/3
List of products subject to licensing
Attachment
Nature of licensing

Automatic

Administrative purpose/measure being implemented
  • Collect trade statistics or market surveillance
Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications
Rural Payments Agency
Lancaster House Hampshire Court Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YH
+443300416500

trader@rpa.gov.uk

Contact point for information on eligibility

Same as the "Administrative bodies"

Expected duration of licensing procedure
Ongoing
Found by secretariat
No
Related document symbols
  • G/LIC/N/2/GBR/1
  • G/LIC/N/2/GBR/13
Source
Notes
  • Previously notified in N1GBR1


  • G/LIC/N/2/GBR/1


    The Import and Export Licences (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, laid under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

    UK legislation

    The United Kingdom (UK) operates a system of import licences in order to i) monitor trade flows for certain agricultural products without limiting access to the UK market or ii) administer tariff rate quotas (TRQs) by the simultaneous examination method for certain agricultural products arising from obligations at the WTO or resulting from arrangements with the government of a country or territory of a country outside the UK.


    Please refer to trader guidance on operation of licence system:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/notice-to-traders

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/licences-for-the-importexport-of-agricultural-products


    Non-quota Import Licences


    ProductCommodity Codes
    Husked, Milled or Broken Rice1006 20, 1006 30 and 1006 40 00
    Ethyl Alcohol of agricultural origin2207 10, 2207 20, 2208 90 91 and 2208 90 99
    Hemp seeds for sowing, raw hemp, hemp seeds not for sowing1207 99 20 and 5302 10.
  • G/LIC/N/2/GBR/13


    The Import and Export Licensing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 revoke the requirement for general licences for imports of rice and ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin and export licences for rice, as set out in retained EU law in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1237 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1239.


    As a result, the following products no longer require a non-quota import licence, when imported into England, Wales and Scotland. Other arrangements apply in Northern Ireland by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.


    ProductCommodity Codes
    Husked, Milled or Broken Rice1006 20, 1006 30 and 1006 40 00
    Ethyl Alcohol of agricultural origin2207 10, 2207 20, 2208 90 91 and 2208 90 99

    Guidance on return of financial securities held by the Rural Payments Agency against existing licences can be found here –


    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-to-traders-10121-information-on-general-non-quota-importexport-licences


  • G/LIC/N/2/GBR/13/Corr.1


    Please note that the date of the notification should read "2 February 2022".