G/LIC/N/2/GBR/15  
 
28 June 2022 
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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 
UNITED KINGDOM  
The following notification dated 23 June 2022 is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
the United Kingdom . 
 
 Category  Notification details  
1 Notifying Member  UK 
2 Title of new 
legislation/procedure  The Ivory Act 2018 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional 
Provision) Regulations 2022  
3 Date of Publication  16 March 2022 
4 Date of entry into force  6 June 2022 
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/288/contents/made  
 
6 Have you attached a copy of 
the regulation (PDF) to the 
Secretariat  [ ] Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
[X] No. 
7 Type of notification  [X] (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2; (please answer 
question 8 to 14) 
 
[ ] (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been previously 
notified in document: ______________ ; (please answer question 
15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing  Attached as Annex.  
 
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic:  [ ] 
 
Non-Automatic: [X] 
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;  
(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;  
 
1 It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under 
Article  1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure notified for by filling this form 
in a full and complete manner.  
2 "New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or 
procedure, and those wh ich are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.  
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   Category  Notification details  
(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: Animal and Plant Health Agency  
Address:  Centre for International Trade – Bristol, Horizon House, 
Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AH  
Website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/declare -ivory-you-intend -
to-sell-or-hire-out 
Telephon e: (+44) 03000 200 301  
E-Mail: ivoryact@apha.gov.uk   
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministry/authority and Department: Animal and Plant Health Agency  
Address: Centre for International Trade – Bristol, Horizon House, 
Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AH  
Website:  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dealing -in-items -containing -
ivory-or-made -of-ivory  
Telephone:  (+44) 03000 200 301  
E-Mail: ivoryact@apha.gov.uk   
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure  The licensing procedure will commence from 6 June and continue for 
as long as the regime as set out in the Ivory Act 2018 is in force . 
 
Registering an item under a standard exemption is instantaneous as 
it is done as a self -declaration using the digital ivory service.  
 
Applying for an exemption certificate to import  a pre-1918 
outstandingly high arti stic, cultural or historical value item can take 
up to 35 working days.  
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages   The Ivory Act (2018) prohibits the import  of items made of or 
containing ivory, regardless of their age, unless they fall within one 
of the narrow and carefully defined exemptions.  
 
Those wishing to import  ivory must first register the item under 
Section 10 of the Act or apply for an exemption ce rtificate under 
Section 2.  
 
Guidance on registering an item can be found here: 
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dealing -in-items -containing -ivory-or-
made -of-ivory 
 
Guidance on applying for an exemption certificate can be found 
here: https://www.gov.uk/gu idance/ivory -apply -for-an-exemption -
certificate -to-deal-in-pre-1918-outstandingly -high-artistic -cultural -
or-historical -value -items  
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification o f 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;  G/LIC/N/2/GBR/15  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
 Validity of licence;  
 Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, 
penalty of non -use etc.);  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: __________ (please specify).  
 
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the WTO official languages)   
 
 
 
_______________  
 
 
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  ANNEX
Description  UK Comm Code  Subheading  CITES1 
Ivory; ivory powder and waste  0507100000   
C400 
Heading: Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and 
cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; 
statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of 
furniture not falling in Chapter  94 4420   
Statuettes and other ornaments  
Of tropical wood   
442011  C400 
Other   
442019  C400 
Wood marquetry and inlaid wood   
4420901000  C400 
Wood in the form of logs or squared logs with simple process 
in the surface, carved or finely threaded or painted, does not 
have significant added -value and no significant change in 
shape   
4420909191  C400 
Other   
4420909199  C400 
Wood in the form of logs or squared logs with simple process 
in the surface, carved or finely threaded or painted, does not 
have significant added -value and no significant change in 
shape   
4420909910  C400 
Other   
4420909990  C400 
Heading: Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious 
metal or of metal clad with precious metal  7113   
Of silver, whether or not  plated or clad with other precious 
metal   
7113110000  C400 
Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with 
precious metal   
7113190000  C400 
Of base metal clad with precious metal   
7113200000  C400 
Heading: Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and 
parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious 
metal  7114   
Of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious 
metal   
7114110000  C400 
Of other precious metal, whether or not  plated or clad with 
precious metal   
7114190000  C400 
Of base metal clad with precious metal   
7114200000  C400 
Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious 
metal  7115   
Heading: Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or 
semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)  7116   
Of natural or cultured pearls   
7116100000  C400 
Heading: Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not 
(including pruning knives),  other than knives of 
heading  8208, and blades therefor  8211   
Sets of assorted articles   
8211100000  C400 
Table knives having fixed blades   
8211910000  C400 
Other knives having fixed blades   
8211920000  C400 
Heading: Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake -servers, fish -
knives, butter -knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or 
tableware  8215   
Subheading : Sets of assorted articles containing at least one 
article plated with precious metal :  
821510   
Containing only articles plated with precious metal   
8215102000  C400 
Of stainless steel   
8215103000  C400 
Subheading : Other sets of assorted articles :  
821520   
Of stainless steel   
8215201000  C400 
Other   
8215209000  C400 
Heading: Pianos, including automatic pianos; harpsichords 
and other keyboard stringed instruments  9201   
 
1 The 'CITES' column in the table refers to the commodity codes in scope of the Ivory Act. In practice, 
this means that, when a trader chooses a code that is in scope of the Act, the y will see a footnote advising 
them that ivory items can only be traded if they have a reg number/exemption cert., and they will also be 
informed that the item is controlled under the CITES code C400 which applies to that commodity code too (and 
that they have to present a CITES permit) . G/LIC/N/2/GBR/15  
 
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  Description  UK Comm Code  Subheading  CITES1 
Subheading : Upright pianos :  
92011 0  
New  
9201101000  C400 
Used  
9201109000  C400 
Grand pianos   
9201200000  C400 
Other   
9201900000  C400 
Heading: Other string musical instruments (for example, 
guitars, violins, harps)  9202   
Subheading : Played with a bow :  
920210   
Violins   
9202101000  C400 
Other   
9202109000  C400 
Subheading : Other :  
920290   
Guitars   
9202903000  C400 
Other   
9202908000  C400 
Heading: Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard 
pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other 
than fairground organs and mechanical street organs  9205   
Brass -wind instruments   
9205100000   
Subheading : Other :  
920590   
Accordions and similar instruments   
9205901000  C400 
Mouth organs   
92059030 00  
Keyboard pipe organs; harmoniums and similar keyboard 
instruments with free metal reeds   
9205905000  C400 
Other   
9205909000  C400 
Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, 
xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas)  9206  
C400 
Heading: Parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) 
and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for 
mechanical instruments) of musical instruments; 
metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipe s of all kinds  9209   
Musical instrument strings   
9209300000   
Parts and accessories for pianos   
9209910000   
Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 
9202  
9209920000  C400 
Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 
9207   
9209940000  C400 
Subheading : Other:   920999  C400 
Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of 
heading  9205  
9209992000  C400 
Other   
9209997000  C400 
Heading: Other furniture and parts thereof  9403   
Subheading : Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen:   
940340   
Subheading : Fitted kitchen units:   
94034010   
Handmade   
9403401010  C400 
Other   
9403401090  C400 
Subheading : Other:   
94034090   
Handmade   
9403409010  C400 
Other   
9403409090  C400 
Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom   
9403500000  C400 
Subheading : Other wooden furniture:   
940360   
Wooden furniture of a kind used in the dining room and the 
living room   
9403601000  C400 
Wooden furniture of a kind used in shops   
9403603000  C400 
Other wooden furniture   
9403609000  C400 
Video game consoles and machines, table  or parlour games, 
including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games 
and automatic bowling equipment, amusement machines 
operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any 
other means of payment  9504   
Articles and accessories for billiards of all kinds   
9504200000  C400 
Other   
9504908000  C400 
Heading: Worked ivory, bone, tortoiseshell, horn, antlers, 
coral, mother -of-pearl and other animal carving material, and 
articles of these materials (including articles obtain ed by 
moulding)  9601   
Subheading : Worked ivory and articles of ivory:   
960110   
Handmade   
9601100010  C400 G/LIC/N/2/GBR/15  
 
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  Description  UK Comm Code  Subheading  CITES1 
Other   
9601100090  C400 
Heading: Paintings, drawings  and pastels, executed entirely 
by hand, other than drawings of heading 4906 and other than 
hand-painted or hand -decorated manufactured articles; 
collages, mosaics and similar decorative plaques  9701   
Subheading: Of an age exceeding 100 years:   
970121   
Paintings, drawings and pastels   
9701210000   
Mosaics   
9701220000   
Other   
9701290000   
Heading: Original sculpture and statuary, in any material  9703   
Of an age exceeding 100 years   
9703100000  C400 
Other   
9703900000  C400 
Heading: Antiques of an age exceeding 100  years  9706   
Of an age exceeding 250 years   
9706100000  C400 
Other   
9706900000  C400 
 
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