WTO Quantitative Restrictions

United Kingdom #6491 (v.2)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
30/09/2022 - 30/09/2024
Old version v.2
Reporting member
United Kingdom
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Export authorisation and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition
National legal basis
Retained Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/258/contents) implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition

Measure applied from 2013, retained version of Regulation applied since 31 December 2020
Administrative mechanism
Administration: Department for International Trade
Responsible entities
Department for International Trade
HS version
HS 2022
Referenced WTO document symbol

Meta data

WTO justifications

XX:(a) - (a) necessary to protect public morals;

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Article: XX (a) GATT Protection of public morals.
Non-WTO commitments

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000)

Reported as: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol)
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
NAL P-X CP-X
Symbol
NAL
P-X
CP-X

Tariff lines
93
ex chapter 93
For a detailed description of the products concerned, please refer to Annex 1 of retained Regulation...
970510
9705100030
9705100090
For a detailed description of the products concerned, please refer to Annex 1 of retained Regulation...
970690
9706900000
For a detailed description of the products concerned, please refer to Annex 1 of retained Regulation...