United Kingdom #6479 (v.2)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2 30/09/2022
- Version validity
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01/01/2018 -
30/09/2024
Old version v.2
- 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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Retained EU regulation 2017/852 as amended by the Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Available through:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1620/contents/made
Measure applied from 01.01.2018 - 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
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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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ex 280540
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Mercury – export outside the UK is prohibited.
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284390
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ex284390
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Amalgams
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2852
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ex 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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