EU licenses for Import and Export of certain controlled goods
The EU has a requirement for import and export licences across a range of policy areas and for a wide variety of goods, including the following:
- Waste
- Certain hazardous chemicals
- Ozone-depleting substances
- Mercury and certain mixtures of mercury
- Drug precursors
- Genetically-modified organisms
- Specimens of endangered species
- Cultural goods
- Rough diamonds
- ‘Dual-use goods’
- Firearms and ammunition
- Military technology and equipment
- Certain goods that could be used for capital punishments and torture