United Kingdom #6497 (v.4)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
29/09/2026 - present
Current active version v.4
Reporting member
United Kingdom
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Import controls on furs and products from animals caught in leg-hold traps.
National legal basis
Assimilated council regulation (EEC) No. 3254/91 prohibiting the use of leghold traps in the community and the introduction into the community of pelts and manufactured goods of certain wild animal species originating in countries which catch them by means of leghold traps or trapping methods which do not meet international humane trapping standards (as amended)

Available through: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1991/3254.

Restriction entered into force under EU law on 04.11.1991. The Regulation applied as UK domestic law from 31.01.2020 (subject to amendments).
Administrative mechanism
Administration: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Responsible entities
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
HS version
HS 2022
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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

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

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Reported as: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
CP
Symbol
CP

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