# Regulation (EU) 2019/125 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (codification), Article 16: Export authorisation requirement

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. For any export of goods listed in Annex IV, an authorisation shall be required irrespective of the origin of such goods. However, no authorisation shall be required for goods which only pass through the ... territory of the United Kingdom, namely those which are not assigned a customs approved treatment or use other than the ... transit procedure within the meaning given by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, including storage of ... goods in a free zone.
Annex IV shall only comprise goods that could be used for the purpose of capital punishment and have been approved or actually used for capital punishment by one or more third countries that have not abolished capital punishment. It shall not include:
(a) firearms controlled by Regulation (EU) No 258/2012;
(b) dual-use items controlled by Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 and
(c) goods listed in Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008.
2. Where the export of medicinal products requires an export authorisation pursuant to this Regulation and the export is also subject to authorisation requirements in accordance with international conventions controlling narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, such as the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, the competent authority may use a single procedure to carry out the obligations imposed on it by this Regulation and by the relevant convention.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/125/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-125/article-16
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