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Article 189 Imports of hemp

United Kingdom

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1.

The following products may be imported into the F1United Kingdom only if the following conditions are met:

(a)

raw true hemp falling within CN code 5302 10 00 meeting F2the conditions laid down in Article 32(6) and in Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 the conditions laid down in Article 32(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 as that Article applied in relation to England immediately before the end of 2023

(b)

seeds of varieties of hemp falling within CN code ex 1207 99 20 for sowing accompanied by proof that the tetrahydrocannabinol level of the variety concerned does not exceed that F3fixed in accordance with Article 32(6) and in Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 fixed in accordance with Article 32(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 as that Article applied in relation to England immediately before the end of 2023;

(c)

hemp seeds other than for sowing, falling within CN code 1207 99 91 and imported only by importers authorised by the F4licence issuing authority in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1239 in order to ensure that such seeds are not intended for sowing.

2.

This Article shall apply without prejudice to more restrictive rules adopted by F5the United Kingdom in compliance with F6... the obligations under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 189(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(7)(a)(i)

F2

Words in Art. 189(1)(a) substituted (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 4 para. 3(a)

F3

Words in Art. 189(1)(b) substituted (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 4 para. 3(b)

F4

Words in Art. 189(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(7)(a)(ii)

F5

Words in Art. 189(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(7)(b)(i)

F6

Words in Art. 189(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(7)(b)(ii)