United Kingdom #9001 (v.2)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
30/09/2024 - 31/03/2025
Old version v.2
Reporting member
United Kingdom
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Prohibition of the trade of items made of or containing ivory, regardless of their age, unless they fall within one of the legally defined exemptions.
National legal basis
Ivory Act (2018), entry into force 06.06.2022.

Available through:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/30/contents/enacted
Administrative mechanism
Administration: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Regulator: Animal and Plant Health Agency.

Guidance:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dealing-in-items-containing-ivory-or-made-of-ivory
Responsible entities
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
HS version
HS 2022
Referenced WTO document symbol

Meta data

WTO justifications

XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Article XX(b) of the GATT Protection of human, animal or plant life or health

XX:(g) - (g) relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources if such measures are made effective in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or consumption;

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Article XX(g) of the GATT Conservation of exhaustible natural resources
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 NAL
Symbol
CP
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Tariff lines

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