
EU licenses for import and export of certain controlled goods
The EU has a requirement for import and export licenses 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
EU LICENSES LINKS
Links for information on these areas are included here:
ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/shipments/index.htm
ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/trade_dangerous/index_en.htm
ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ozone/ods_en
ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/customs-controls/drug-precursors-control_en
ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/mercury/regulation_en.htm
ec.europa.eu/food/plant/gmo/transboundary_en
ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/customs-controls/cultural-goods_en
ec.europa.eu/environment/cites/index_en.htm
ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/taxation/files/notice_to_stakeholders_brexit_import_export_licences_en.pdf
