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
- Product categories
- List of products subject to licensing
- Attachment
- Nature of licensing
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Automatic
- Administrative purpose/measure being implemented
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- Collect trade statistics or market surveillance
- Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications
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- Rural Payments Agency
- Lancaster House Hampshire Court Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YH
- +443300416500
- Contact point for information on eligibility
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Same as the "Administrative bodies"
- Expected duration of licensing procedure
- Ongoing
- Found by secretariat
- No
- Links
- Related document symbols
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- G/LIC/N/2/GBR/1
- G/LIC/N/2/GBR/13
- Source
- Notes
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Previously notified in N1GBR1
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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
Product Commodity Codes Husked, Milled or Broken Rice 1006 20, 1006 30 and 1006 40 00 Ethyl Alcohol of agricultural origin 2207 10, 2207 20, 2208 90 91 and 2208 90 99 Hemp seeds for sowing, raw hemp, hemp seeds not for sowing 1207 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.
Product Commodity Codes Husked, Milled or Broken Rice 1006 20, 1006 30 and 1006 40 00 Ethyl Alcohol of agricultural origin 2207 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 –
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G/LIC/N/2/GBR/13/Corr.1
Please note that the date of the notification should read "2 February 2022".
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