United Kingdom #6479 (v.4)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/GBR/3/Add.2 03/02/2026
- Version validity
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03/02/2026 -
present
Current active version v.4
- Reporting member
- United Kingdom
- In force from
- End date
- In force
- General description
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Import and export prohibition and restrictions of mercury and mercury products.
- National legal basis
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Assimilated EU regulation 2017/852 as amended by the Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and the Control of Mercury (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
Available through:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/852/contents
Assimilated regulation.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1620/contents/made
Measure applied from 01.01.2018.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1255/contents/made
Measure applied from 31.12.2025.
This legislation is enforced through the
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1200/contents, as amended by https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1189/contents/made.
- Administrative mechanism
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Administration: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
- Responsible entities
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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- HS version
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HS 2022
- Referenced WTO document symbol
Meta data
- WTO justifications
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XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)
Reported as: Article XX(b) GATT Protection of human, animal or plant life or health. - Non-WTO commitments
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Minamata Convention on Mercury
Reported as: Minamata Convention on Mercury. - Affected partners
- Non-affected partners
Measures
- Reported restrictions
- P CP P-X CP-X
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P-X
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CP
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CP-X
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Tariff lines
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261790
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261790
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Other ores and concentrates.
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262060
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262060
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Slag, ash and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing arsenic, mercu...
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280540
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280540
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Mercury – export outside the UK is prohibited.
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284390
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284390
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Other compounds; Amalgams.
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2852
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2852
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Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams....
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285390
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285390
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Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds...
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3004
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3004
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Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products...
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3304
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3304
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Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), i...
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3401
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3401
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Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes,...
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3601
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3601
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Propellent powders.
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3702
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3702
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Photographic film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or t...
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3703
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3703
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Photographic paper, paperboard and textiles, sensitised, unexposed.
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3808
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3808
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Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulat...
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841410
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8414108990
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Vacuum pumps; Other; Other; Other; Other.
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842390
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8423901000
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Parts of weighing machinery of subheadings 8423 20 10, 8423 30 10, 8423 81 21, 8423 81 23, 8423 81 2...
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8506
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8506
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Primary cells and primary batteries.
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8532
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8532
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Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set).
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8535
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8535
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Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to o...
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8536
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8536
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Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to o...
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8539
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8539
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Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infra-red...
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