• Endangered species CITES

Non-automatic

• Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect environment
• Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other international treaties (i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)

Same as the "Administrative bodies"

• https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/865/adopted

• G/LIC/N/2/GBR/2

• Previously notified in N1GBR1

  
  

  Specific arrangements may apply in Northern Ireland including by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. The full text of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland can be accessed via: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-withdrawal-agreement-and-political-declaration. Further details on the operation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-northern-ireland-protocol.

  
  

• G/LIC/N/2/GBR/2

  
  

  Retained EU law*

  
  

  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.

  
  

  The Regulations implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Traders will be required to obtain the necessary import permits for specimens of species listed in the Annexes to Regulation 338/97. In the UK, permits are issued by the UK CITES Management Authority, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

  
  

  General CITES guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cites-imports-and-exports

  
  

  Last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No.2021/2280
  
  Specimens of species listed in Annexes A-D of Reg 338/97 (retained EU law)

  
  

  *Some European Union law was retained in UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, with minor modifications to ensure operability.