G/LIC/N/2/EU/16  
 
4 October 2021  
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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT1 
EUROPEAN UNION 
The following notification dated 30 September 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union.  
 
 Category  Notification details  
1 Notifying Member  European Union  
2 Title of new 
legislation/procedure  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/254 of 18 
February 2021 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 
and (EU) 2020/1988 and Regulations (EC) No 218/2007 and (EC) 
No 1518/2007 as regards imports of products originating in the 
United Kingdom and excluding those products from the tariff quotas 
with ongoing quota periods  
3 Date of Publication  18 February 2021  
4 Date of entry into force  
 This Regulation entered into force on 18 February 2021. It applies 
as from 1 January 2021.  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  Official Journal of the European Union L58 of 19 February 2021  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R0254  
6 Have you attached a copy 
of the regulation (PDF) to 
the Secretariat   Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
 No. 
7 Type of notification   (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2; (please answer 
question  8 to 14)  
 
 (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been previously 
notified in document:  G/LIC/N/2/EU/9 and  G/LIC/N/2/EU/13 ; 
(please answer question 15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing   
 
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic:  
 
Non-Automatic:  
10 Administrative 
purpose/measure being 
implemented  (a)  Protect public morals;  
(b)  Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect 
environment;  
(c)  Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;  
(d)  Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and 
the prevention of deceptive practices;  
 
1 "Members which institute licensing procedures or changes in these procedures shall notify the 
Committee of such within 60 days of publication [...]" (Art. 5.1).  
2 "New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or 
procedure, and those which are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.  
 G/LIC/N/2/EU/16  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
(e)  Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other 
international treaties ( i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, 
Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)  
(f)  Quota (including TRQ) administration;  
(g)  Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable 
materials and safeguard national security;  
(h)  Other: ______________ (please specify)  
11 Administrative body(ies) 
for 
submission of applications   
 Ministry/authority and Department: [ ]  
Address: [ ]  
Website: [ ]  
Telephone: [ ]  
E-Mail: [ ]  
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministry/authority and Department: [ ]  
Address: [ ]  
Website: [ ]  
Telephone:  [ ]  
E-Mail: [ ]  
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure   
 
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages    
 
 
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification of specific details in existing  
procedures:  
 Product coverage;  
 Administrative purpose;  
 Automatic or Non -automatic;  
 Duration of licensing;  
 Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;  
 Eligibility of applicants;  
 Contact information on eligibility;  
 Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;  
 Documentation requirements (including application form);  
 Period for Application;  
 Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;  
 Processing time for issuing licence;  
 Licence fee/administrative charge;  
 Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;  
 Appeal regulations/procedures;  
 Validity of licence;  
 Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, 
penalty of non -use etc.);  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: Country of origin (please specify).  
 
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the WTO official 
languages)  Article GOODS.18 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between 
the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of 
the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland, of the  other part ( https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2020:444:TOC , provisionally applied 
since 1 January 2021), provides that products originating in one 
party shall not be eligible to be imported into the other party under 
existing WTO Tariff Rate Quotas.  G/LIC/N/2/EU/16  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
  As a follow up, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/254  
addresses imports of products originating in the United Kingdom and 
excluding those products from EU tariff quotas.  
 
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