Previously notified in N1GBR1, N2GBR1 and N3GBR1
UK legislation
The Import and Export Licences (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, laid under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
The United Kingdom (UK) operates a system of import licences in order to i) monitor trade flows for certain agricultural products without limiting access to the UK market or ii) administer tariff rate quotas (TRQs) by the simultaneous examination method for certain agricultural products arising from obligations at the WTO or resulting from arrangements with the government of a country or territory of a country outside the UK.
Please refer to trader guidance on operation of licence system:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/notice-to-traders
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/licences-for-the-importexport-of-agricultura...