The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2019-04-10
Last updated 2026-01-19
State In force
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8A992 Vessels, marine systems or equipment, and specially designed components therefor, and marine boilers and components therefor. 8A992 Vessels, marine systems or equipment, and specially designed components therefor, and marine boilers and components therefor. 8A992 Vessels, marine systems or equipment, and specially designed components therefor, and marine boilers and components therefor.
a. Underwater vision systems, as follows: a. Underwater vision systems, as follows:
a.1. Television systems (comprising camera, lights, monitoring and signal transmission equipment) having a limiting resolution when measured in air of more than 500 lines and specially designed or modified for remote operation with a submersible vehicle; or
a.2. Underwater television cameras having a limiting resolution when measured in air of more than 700 lines;Technical Note: Limiting resolution in television is a measure of horizontal resolution usually expressed in terms of the maximum number of lines per picture height discriminated on a test chart, using IEEE Standard 208/1960 or any equivalent standard.
b. Photographic still cameras specially designed or modified for underwater use, having a film format of 35 mm or larger, and having autofocusing or remote focusing specially designed for underwater use; b. Photographic still cameras specially designed or modified for underwater use, having a film format of 35 mm or larger, and having autofocusing or remote focusing specially designed for underwater use;
c. Stroboscopic light systems, specially designed or modified for underwater use, capable of a light output energy of more than 300 J per flash; c. Stroboscopic light systems, specially designed or modified for underwater use, capable of a light output energy of more than 300 J per flash;
d. Other underwater camera equipment; d. Other underwater camera equipment;
e. Other submersible systems; e. Other submersible systems;
f. Vessels (surface or underwater), including inflatable boats, and specially designed components therefor; f. Vessels (surface or underwater), including inflatable boats, and specially designed components therefor;
g. Marine engines (both inboard and outboard), and submarine engines, and specially designed components therefor; g. Marine engines (both inboard and outboard), and submarine engines, and specially designed components therefor;
h. Other self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba gear) and related equipment, ; h. Other self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba gear) and related equipment, ;
i. Life jackets, inflation cartridges, compasses, wetsuits, masks, fins, weight belts, and dive computers; i. Life jackets, inflation cartridges, compasses, wetsuits, masks, fins, weight belts, and dive computers;
j. Underwater lights and propulsion equipment; j. Underwater lights and propulsion equipment;
k. Air compressors and filtration systems, specially designed for filling air cylinders. k. Air compressors and filtration systems, specially designed for filling air cylinders.
l. Marine boilers designed to have any of the following: l. Marine boilers designed to have any of the following:
l.1. Heat release rate (at maximum rating) equal to or in excess of 190,000 BTU per hour per cubic foot of furnace volume; or
l.2. Ratio of steam generated in kg per hour (at maximum rating) to the dry weight of the boiler in kg equal to or in excess of 0.83.
m. Components for marine boilers described in 8A992.l. m. Components for marine boilers described in 8A992.l.
8D992 “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 8A992. 8D992 “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 8A992. 8D992 “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 8A992.
8D999 “Software” specially designed for the operation of unmanned submersible vehicles. 8D999 “Software” specially designed for the operation of unmanned submersible vehicles. 8D999 “Software” specially designed for the operation of unmanned submersible vehicles.
8E992 “Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 8A992. 8E992 “Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 8A992. 8E992 “Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 8A992.
maritime goods and maritime technology within the meaning in regulation 21 (interpretation of Part 5). maritime goods and maritime technology within the meaning in regulation 21 (interpretation of Part 5). maritime goods and maritime technology within the meaning in regulation 21 (interpretation of Part 5).

PART 8 — Aerospace and Propulsion

9A990 Diesel engines and tractor units, and specially designed components therefor. 9A990 Diesel engines and tractor units, and specially designed components therefor.
a. Diesel engines for trucks, tractor units, and automotive applications of continuous power output of 400 BHP (298 kW) or greater (performance based on Society of Automotive Engineers J1349 standard conditions of 100 kPa and 25°C);
b. Off-road semi-trailer wheeled tractor units of carriage capacity 9 t or more and specially designed components therefor;
c. On-road semi-trailer tractor units, with single or tandem rear axles rated for 9 t per axel or greater and specially designed components therefor.
9A991 “Aircraft” and gas turbine engines and components 9A991 “Aircraft” and gas turbine engines and components
a. Not used;
b. Not used;
c. Aero gas turbine engines and specially designed components therefor;
d. Not used;
e. Pressurised aircraft breathing equipment and specially designed components therefor;
f. reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines;
g. electric engines.
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9B990 Vibration test equipment and specially designed components therefor. 9B990 Vibration test equipment and specially designed components therefor.
9B991 “Equipment,” tooling or fixtures specially designed for manufacturing or measuring gas turbine blades, vanes or tip shroud castings, as follows: 9B991 “Equipment,” tooling or fixtures specially designed for manufacturing or measuring gas turbine blades, vanes or tip shroud castings, as follows:
a. Automated equipment using non-mechanical methods for measuring aerofoil wall thickness;
b. Tooling, fixtures or measuring equipment for the “laser”, water jet or ECM/EDM hole drilling processes controlled by entry 9E003.c of Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation;
c. Ceramic core leaching equipment;
d. Ceramic core manufacturing equipment or tools;
e. Ceramic shell wax pattern preparation equipment;
f. Ceramic shell burn out or firing equipment.
9D990 “Software”, for the “development” or “production” of equipment controlled by 9A990 or 9B990. 9D990 “Software”, for the “development” or “production” of equipment controlled by 9A990 or 9B990.
9D991 “Software”, for the “development” or “production” of equipment controlled by 9A991 or 9B991. 9D991 “Software”, for the “development” or “production” of equipment controlled by 9A991 or 9B991.
9E990 “Technology”, for the “development” or “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 9A990 or 9B990. 9E990 “Technology”, for the “development” or “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 9A990 or 9B990.
9E991 “Technology”, for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 9A991 or 9B991. 9E991 “Technology”, for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by 9A991 or 9B991.
9E993 Other “technology”, not described by entry 9E003 of Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation, as follows: 9E993 Other “technology”, not described by entry 9E003 of Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation, as follows:
a. Rotor blade tip clearance control systems employing active compensating casing “technology” limited to a design and development data base;
b. Gas bearing for turbine engine rotor assemblies.

SCHEDULE 2B — Consumer communication devices

1

In regulation 60B, “consumer communication device” means any of the following, of a type which is generally available to the public—

  • (a) computers falling within entries 5A992 and 4A994.b of Schedule 2A ;
  • (b) disk drives and solid-state storage equipment falling within entry 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (c) input/output control units (other than industrial controllers designed for chemical processing);
  • (d) graphics accelerators and graphics coprocessors;
  • (e) monitors falling within entry 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (f) printers falling within entry 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (g) modems falling within entries 5A991.b.2, 5A991.b.4 or 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (h) network access controllers and communications channel controllers falling within entry 5A991.b.4 of Schedule 2A;
  • (i) keyboards, mice and similar devices specified in entry 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (j) mobile phones, including cellular and satellite telephones, personal digital assistants, and subscriber information module (SIM) cards and similar devices falling within entries 5A992 or 5A991 of Schedule 2A;
  • (k) memory devices falling within entry 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (l) information security equipment, software (except encryption source code) and peripherals falling within entries 5A992 or 5D992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (m) digital cameras and memory cards falling within entry 6A993 or 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (n) television and radio receivers falling within entry 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (o) recording devices falling within entry 5A992 of Schedule 2A;
  • (p) batteries, chargers, carrying cases and accessories for the goods falling within paragraphs (a) to (o) above;
  • (q) software (except encryption source code) falling within entries 4D994, 5D991 and 5D992 of Schedule 2A, which is for use with equipment described in paragraphs (a) to (p) above.
2

For the purposes of paragraph 1, goods and technology are generally available to the public if they are —

  • (a) sold from stock at retail selling points without restriction, by means of—
  • (i) over the counter transactions,
  • (ii) mail order transactions,
  • (iii) electronic transactions, or
  • (iv) telephone order transactions, and
  • (b) designed for installation by the user without further substantial support by the supplier.

PART A1 — Interpretation

Interpretation of Schedule 5

A1

In this Schedule—

  • consular post” has the same meaning as in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations done at Vienna on 24 April 1963, and any reference to the functions of a consular post is to be read in accordance with that Convention;
  • “diplomatic mission” and any reference to the functions of a diplomatic mission are to be read in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations done at Vienna on 18 April 1961;
  • frozen account” has the meaning given in regulation 58(7);
  • humanitarian assistance activity” includes the work of international and non-governmental organisations carrying out relief activities for the benefit of the civilian population of a country;
  • medical goods” includes medicines and medical devices;
  • relevant financial authority” means authorities involved in the regulation of financial services in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Bank of England;
  • relevant institution” has the meaning given in regulation 58(7);
  • spaceflight activity” has the meaning given in section 1(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018.

Interpretation of Part 1

Humanitarian assistance activity

9A

To enable anything to be done in connection with the performance of any humanitarian assistance activity.

Medical goods or services

9B
  • (1) To enable anything to be done in connection with the provision of medical goods or services for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.
  • (2) To enable the import, export or use of medical goods.

Food

9C

To enable anything to be done in connection with the production or distribution of food for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.

Diplomatic missions etc.

9D
  • (1) To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post in Russia or of an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law may be carried out.
  • (2) To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post of Russia in the United Kingdom may be carried out.

PART 1A — Loans and credit arrangements

Humanitarian assistance activity

9E

To enable anything to be done in connection with the performance of any humanitarian assistance activity.

Medical goods or services

9F
  • (1) To enable anything to be done in connection with the provision of medical goods or services for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.
  • (2) To enable the import, export or use of medical goods.

Food

9G

To enable anything to be done in connection with the production or distribution of food for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.

Diplomatic missions etc.

9H
  • (1) To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post in Russia, or of an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law may be carried out.
  • (2) To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post of Russia in the United Kingdom may be carried out.

Space

9I

To enable anything to be done in order for a United Kingdom person to undertake spaceflight activity.

Extraordinary situation

9J

To enable anything to be done to deal with an extraordinary situation.

PART 1B — Correspondent banking relationships and processing payments

Interpretation of Part 1B

9K

In this Part, “designated person” has the meaning given in regulation 17A.

Basic needs

9L
  • (1) To enable the basic needs of a designated person, or a person owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person, to be met.
  • (2) In the case of a person other than an individual, in sub-paragraph (1) “basic needs” includes needs for—
  • (a) payment of insurance premiums;
  • (b) payment of reasonable fees for the provision of property management services;
  • (c) payment of reasonable fees for the provision of insolvency services;
  • (d) payment of remuneration, allowances or pensions of employees;
  • (e) payment of tax;
  • (f) rent or mortgage payments;
  • (g) utility payments.
9M

To enable the payment of—

  • (a) reasonable professional fees for the provision of legal services to the designated person or a person owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person, or
  • (b) reasonable expenses associated with the provision of legal services to the designated person (or a person owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person.

Financial regulation

9N
  • (1) To enable anything to be done by, or on behalf of, a relevant financial authority for the purposes of the functions of that authority.
  • (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Extraordinary situation

9O

To enable anything to be done to deal with an extraordinary situation.

PART 1C — Processing payments

Humanitarian assistance activity

9P

To enable anything to be done in connection with the performance of any humanitarian assistance activity.

Medical goods or services

9Q
  • (1) To enable anything to be done in connection with the provision of medical goods or services for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.
  • (2) To enable the import, export or use of medical goods.

Food

9R

To enable anything to be done in connection with the production or distribution of food for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.

Diplomatic missions etc.

9S
  • (1) To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post in Russia, or of an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law may be carried out.
  • (2) To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post of Russia in the United Kingdom may be carried out.

Space

9T

To enable anything to be done in order for a United Kingdom person to undertake spaceflight activity.

PART 1D — Foreign exchange reserve and asset management services

Humanitarian assistance activity

9U

To enable anything to be done in connection with the performance of any humanitarian assistance activity.

Financial regulation

9V
  • (1) To enable anything to be done by, or on behalf of, a relevant financial authority for the purposes of the functions of that authority.
  • (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Financial stability

9W

To enable anything to be done by a person, following consultation by that person (or a person acting on their behalf) with the Bank of England, that is necessary or expedient in order to protect or enhance the stability of the financial system of the United Kingdom.

Safety and soundness of a firm

9X

To enable anything to be done by a person, following consultation by that person (or a person acting on their behalf) with the relevant supervising authority or authorities, that is necessary or expedient in order to promote the safety and soundness of a firm which is supervised by the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority or the Financial Conduct Authority.

Extraordinary situation

9Y

To enable anything to be done to deal with an extraordinary situation.

Insurance and reinsurance services relating to aviation and space goods and aviation and space technology

29A
  • (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide insurance or reinsurance services relating to aviation and space goods or aviation and space technology—
  • (a) to a person connected with Russia, or
  • (b) for use in Russia.
  • (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).
  • (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—
  • (a) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;
  • (b) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology were for use in Russia.

Enabling or facilitating military activities

PART 6A — Aircraft

Movement of aircraft

57J
  • (1) A Russian aircraft must not—
  • (a) overfly the United Kingdom, or
  • (b) land in the United Kingdom.
  • (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).
  • (3) Air traffic control may direct the operator or pilot in command of a Russian aircraft—
  • (a) not to enter the airspace over the United Kingdom, or
  • (b) to leave the airspace over the United Kingdom by a specific route.
  • (4) The Secretary of State may direct air traffic control to give a direction under paragraph (3).
  • (5) An airport operator may direct the operator or pilot in command of a Russian aircraft—
  • (a) not to take off, or not to permit the aircraft to take off, from an airport the operator manages,
  • (b) to take off, or to require the aircraft to take off, from an airport the operator manages, or
  • (c) not to land, or not to permit the aircraft to land, at an airport the operator manages.
  • (6) The Secretary of State may direct an airport operator to—
  • (a) give a direction under paragraph (5),
  • (b) secure the detention of a Russian aircraft at an airport, or
  • (c) secure the movement of a Russian aircraft to an airport specified in the direction.
  • (7) An airport operator giving a direction under paragraph (5)(a) must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to detain the aircraft.
  • (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (9) The Secretary of State may direct the CAA to—
  • (a) refuse permission under article 250 of the ANO in respect of a Russian aircraft,
  • (b) refuse permission under article 252 of the ANO in respect of a Russian aircraft,
  • (c) suspend or revoke any permission granted under article 250 of the ANO in respect of a Russian aircraft, or
  • (d) suspend or revoke any permission granted under article 252 of the ANO in respect of a Russian aircraft.
  • (10) In this regulation “Russian aircraft” means an aircraft—
  • (a) owned, chartered or operated by—
  • (i) a designated person, or
  • (ii) a person connected with Russia, or
  • (b) registered in Russia.
  • (11) In paragraph (10), a “designated person” means a person who is designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of either this regulation or regulation 57M (registration of an aircraft in the United Kingdom).

Directions under regulation 57J

57K
  • (1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply in relation to a direction given under regulation 57J (movement of aircraft).
  • (2) A person to whom a direction is given has a duty to comply with it.
  • (3) A direction may be of indefinite duration or a defined duration.
  • (4) A person who gives a direction may vary, revoke or suspend it at any time.
  • (5) A direction under regulation 57J(6) may be given to any airport operator or to airport operators generally.
  • (6) Any directions made by the Secretary of State under regulation 57J may make different provision for different purposes.
  • (7) Any directions in regulation 57J(3) to (9) are subject to the exceptions in regulation 61B (aircraft: exceptions from prohibitions).

Directions under regulation 57J: supplementary

57L
  • (1) Where a direction is given under regulation 57J(9)(c) or (d) (movement of aircraft: direction to CAA)—
  • (a) to the extent that the direction conflicts with the requirements of article 255 of the ANO (revocation etc. of permissions), those requirements are to be disregarded, and
  • (b) article 255(4) of the ANO does not apply in relation to the suspension or the revocation which is the subject of the direction.
  • (2) Where a direction is given under regulation 57J which conflicts with a permission under article 250 or 252 of the ANO, the permission is to be disregarded.
  • (3) In so far as a direction under regulation 57J conflicts with the requirements of section 93 of the Transport Act 2000 or an order under section 94 of that Act, the direction is to be disregarded.
  • (4) In so far as a direction under regulation 57J conflicts with the requirements of an enactment other than section 93 of the Transport Act 2000 or an order under section 94 of that Act, those requirements are to be disregarded.
  • (5) The Secretary of State may notify a person that the existence of, or any part of the content of, a direction under regulation 57J, or anything done under the direction, is to be treated as confidential.
  • (6) A person must not disclose any information if the Secretary of State notifies that person under paragraph (5) that the information is to be treated as confidential.

Registration of an aircraft in the United Kingdom

57M
  • (1) The CAA must refuse to register an aircraft if, on the basis of the information given to the CAA by the applicant, the Secretary of State or a third person, the aircraft appears to be a relevant aircraft.
  • (2) The Secretary of State may direct the CAA to terminate the registration of a relevant aircraft.
  • (3) In so far as a direction under paragraph (2) conflicts with the provisions of Part 3 (Registration and marking) of the ANO, those provisions are to be disregarded.
  • (4) For the purposes of this regulation “relevant aircraft” means—
  • (a) an aircraft owned or operated by a designated person, or
  • (b) an aircraft chartered by demise by a designated person.
  • (5) Any reference in this regulation to registering an aircraft is a reference to registering an aircraft in the register kept by the CAA.
  • (6) In paragraph (4), a “designated person” means a person who is designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of either this regulation or regulation 57J (movement of aircraft).

Offences

57N
  • (1) If a prohibition in regulation 57J(1) (movement of aircraft) is contravened by the flight or landing of a Russian aircraft, the operator and pilot in command of the aircraft commit an offence.
  • (2) It is an offence for an airport operator to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction given by the Secretary of State under regulation 57J(6).
  • (3) It is an offence for a person to whom a direction is given under regulation 57J(3) (direction by air traffic control to operator or pilot of Russian aircraft) to fail to comply with the direction.
  • (4) It is an offence for a person to whom a direction is given under regulation 57J(5) (direction by airport operator to operator or pilot of Russian aircraft) to fail to comply with the direction.
  • (5) A person who contravenes the prohibition in regulation 57L(6) (disclosure of direction) commits an offence.
  • (6) In paragraph (1), “Russian aircraft” has the same meaning as in regulation 57J.

Interpretation of Part 6A

57O
  • (1) In this Part—
  • air traffic control” means a person who holds a licence under section 5 of the Transport Act 2000;
  • the ANO” means the Air Navigation Order 2016;
  • beneficial interest” means any beneficial interest, however arising (whether held by trustee or nominee or arising under a contract or otherwise), other than an interest held by any person as mortgagee;
  • ...
  • (2) For the purposes of this Part an aircraft is “owned” by a person if—
  • (a) the legal title to the aircraft, or to any share in the aircraft, is vested in the person, or a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by that person, or
  • (b) the person, or a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by that person, has a beneficial interest in the aircraft or in any share in the aircraft,

and the reference to a legal title or other interest includes one held jointly with any other person or persons.

  • (3) For the purposes of this Part a person is to be regarded as “connected with” Russia if the person is—
  • (a) an individual who is, or an association or combination of individuals who are, ordinarily resident in Russia,
  • (b) an individual who is, or an association or combination of individuals who are, located in Russia,
  • (c) a person, other than an individual, which is incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia, or
  • (d) a person, other than an individual, which is domiciled in Russia.
  • (4) Any expression used in this Part and in section 6 of the Act (aircraft sanctions) has the same meaning in this Part as it has in that section.

Aircraft: exceptions from prohibitions

61B
  • (1) The prohibition in regulation 57J(1)(b) (movement of aircraft) is not contravened by the landing of a Russian aircraft in the United Kingdom if failing to land would endanger the lives of persons on board or the safety of the aircraft.
  • (2) The prohibition in regulation 57J(1)(a) is not contravened by the flight of a Russian aircraft in the airspace over the United Kingdom preparatory to a landing as mentioned in paragraph (1).
  • (3) The directions in regulation 57J(3) to (9) are not contravened by conduct necessary to—
  • (a) avoid endangering the lives of persons on board or the safety of the aircraft,
  • (b) protect the safety of another aircraft, or
  • (c) protect the safety of persons on the ground.
  • (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (4A) The prohibition in regulation 57J(1) is not contravened by the movement of a Russian aircraft if—
  • (a) a direction has been given in relation to that aircraft under regulation 57J(3)(b), (5)(b) or (6)(c), and
  • (b) the movement of the aircraft is in accordance with that direction.
  • (5) In this regulation, “Russian aircraft” has the same meaning as in regulation 57J.

Exception relating to trade restrictions in relation to Crimea

Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

Treasury licences

Trade licences

Licences: general provisions

Finance: licensing offences

Trade: licensing offences

Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directions

SCHEDULE 2C — Aviation and space goods and technology

PART 1 — General

Interpretation

1

For the purposes of this Schedule, whether a thing “falls within chapter 88 of the Goods Classification Table” is to be interpreted in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3.

2

Terms printed in quotation marks and not defined in this Schedule have the meaning given to them in—

  • (a) Schedules 2 and 3 of the Export Control Order 2008, or
  • (b) Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation,

as applicable.

PART 2 — Aviation and space goods

3

Any thing falling within chapter 88 of the Goods Classification Table.

PART 3 — Aviation and space technology

4

“Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of things falling within chapter 88 of the Goods Classification Table.

5

“Software” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of things falling within chapter 88 of the Goods Classification Table.

Conditions for the designation of persons by description

6A
  • (1) The Secretary of State may choose whether persons mentioned in regulation 5(1A) (power to designate persons by description) are designated persons under—
  • (a) the standard procedure, or
  • (b) the urgent procedure.
  • (2) Paragraph (3) applies where the Secretary of State chooses that persons mentioned in regulation 5(1A) are designated persons under the standard procedure.
  • (3) The Secretary of State may not provide that persons of a specified description are designated persons under regulation 5(1A) except where conditions A and C are met.
  • (4) Paragraphs (5) to (7) apply where the Secretary of State chooses that persons mentioned in regulation 5(1A) are designated persons under the urgent procedure.
  • (5) The Secretary of State may provide that persons of a specified description are designated persons where condition C is not met, but conditions A, D and E are met.
  • (6) The persons of the specified description cease to be designated persons at the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the day following the day on which the persons became designated persons unless, within that period, the Secretary of State certifies that—
  • (a) conditions A and C are met, or
  • (b) conditions A, D and E continue to be met.
  • (7) Where the Secretary of State makes a certification under paragraph (6)(b), the designation ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the day immediately following the period mentioned in paragraph (6), unless within that period the Secretary of State certifies that conditions A and C are met.
  • (8) Condition A is that the description of persons specified is such that a reasonable person would know whether that person fell within it.
  • (9) Condition C is that the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to suspect—
  • (a) in a case where the specified description is members of a particular organisation, that the organisation is an involved person, or
  • (b) in the case of any other specified description, that any person falling within that description would necessarily be an involved person.
  • (10) Condition D is that the description of persons specified is of persons (or some persons) to which, or in relation to which, relevant provision (whenever made) applies under the law of—
  • (a) the United States of America;
  • (b) the European Union;
  • (c) Australia;
  • (d) Canada.
  • (11) Condition E is that the Secretary of State considers that it is in the public interest to provide that persons of a specified description are designated persons under the urgent procedure.
  • (12) For the purposes of Condition D, “relevant provision” is provision that the Secretary of State considers—
  • (a) corresponds, or is similar, to the type of sanction or sanctions in these Regulations, or
  • (b) is made for purposes corresponding, or similar, to any purpose of any type of sanction or sanctions in these Regulations.
  • (13) In this regulation—
  • involved person” has the meaning given in regulation 6 (designation criteria: meaning of “involved person”);
  • organisation” includes any body, association or combination of persons.

Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”

Notification and publicity where designation power used

Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used

Notification and publicity where power to designate by description is used

9A
  • (1) Paragraph (2) applies where the Secretary of State—
  • (a) has provided that persons of a specified description are designated persons under regulation 5(1A) (power to designate persons by description), or
  • (b) has by virtue of section 22 of the Act varied or revoked a designation made under that paragraph of that regulation.
  • (2) The Secretary of State—
  • (a) must without delay take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform persons of the specified description of the designation, variation or revocation, and
  • (b) must take steps to publicise the designation, variation or revocation.
  • (3) The information given under paragraph (2)(a)—
  • (a) where the Secretary of State provides that persons of a specified description are designated persons under the standard procedure, must include a statement of reasons, or
  • (b) where the Secretary of State provides that persons of a specified description are designated persons under the urgent procedure, must include a statement—
  • (i) that the provision is made under the urgent procedure,
  • (ii) identifying the relevant provision by reference to which the Secretary of State considers that condition D is met in relation to persons of the specified description, and
  • (iii) setting out why the Secretary of State considers that condition E is met.
  • (4) Where the Secretary of State provides that persons of a specified description are designated persons under the urgent procedure, the Secretary of State must, after the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (6) of regulation 6A (conditions for the designation of persons by description), or if the Secretary of State has made a certification under paragraph (6)(b) of that regulation the period mentioned in paragraph (7) of that regulation, but otherwise without delay—
  • (a) in a case where the persons cease to be designated persons, take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform persons of the specified description that they have ceased to be designated persons, or
  • (b) in any other case, take such steps as are reasonably practicable to give each person of the specified description a statement of reasons.
  • (5) In this regulation, a “statement of reasons”, in relation to a provision designating persons of a specified description, means a brief statement of the matters that the Secretary of State knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, in relation to persons of the specified description—
  • (a) in the case of a designation under the standard procedure, which have led the Secretary of State to make the provision designating persons of that description, and
  • (b) in the case of a designation under the urgent procedure, as a result of which the persons do not cease to be designated persons at the end of the period mentioned in regulation 6A(6)(b) or (7) (as the case may be).
  • (6) Matters that would otherwise be required by paragraph (5) to be included in a statement of reasons may be excluded from it where the Secretary of State considers that they should be excluded—
  • (a) in the interests of national security or international relations,
  • (b) for reasons connected with the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or
  • (c) in the interests of justice.
  • (7) The steps taken under paragraph (2)(b) must—
  • (a) unless one or more of the restricted publicity conditions is met, be steps to publicise generally—
  • (i) the designation, variation or revocation, and
  • (ii) in the case of—
  • (aa) a designation under the standard procedure, the statement of reasons relating to it, or
  • (bb) a designation under the urgent procedure, the contents of the statement required under paragraph (3)(b) relating to it;
  • (b) if one or more of those conditions is met, be steps to inform only such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate of the designation, variation or revocation and—
  • (i) in the case of a designation under the standard procedure, of the contents of the statement of reasons relating to it, or
  • (ii) in the case of a designation under the urgent procedure, of the contents of the statement required under paragraph (3)(b) relating to it.
  • (8) The “restricted publicity conditions” are that the Secretary of State considers that disclosure of the designation, variation or revocation should be restricted—
  • (a) in the interests of national security or international relations,
  • (b) for reasons connected with the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or
  • (c) in the interests of justice.
  • (9) Paragraph (10) applies if—
  • (a) when a designation is made one or more of the restricted publicity conditions is met, but
  • (b) at any time when the designation has effect, it becomes the case that none of the restricted publicity conditions is met.
  • (10) The Secretary of State must—
  • (a) take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform persons of the specified description that none of the restricted publicity conditions is now met, and
  • (b) take steps to publicise generally the designation and—
  • (i) in the case of a designation under the standard procedure, the statement of reasons relating to it, or
  • (ii) in the case of a designation under the urgent procedure, the statement required under paragraph (3)(b) relating to it.

Confidential information in certain cases where power to designate by description is used

9B
  • (1) Where the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 9A(7)(b) informs only certain persons of a designation, variation or revocation and—
  • (a) in the case of a designation under the standard procedure, of the content of the statement of reasons relating to it, or
  • (b) in the case of a designation under the urgent procedure, of the content of the statement required under regulation 9A(3)(b) relating to it,

the Secretary of State may specify that any of that information is to be treated as confidential.

  • (2) A person (“P”) who—
  • (a) is provided with information that is to be treated as confidential in accordance with paragraph (1), or
  • (b) otherwise obtains such information,

must not, subject to paragraph (3), disclose it if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the information is to be treated as confidential.

  • (3) The prohibition in paragraph (2) does not apply to any disclosure made by P with lawful authority.
  • (4) For this purpose information is disclosed with lawful authority only if and to the extent that—
  • (a) the disclosure is by, or is authorised by, the Secretary of State,
  • (b) the disclosure is by or with the consent of the person who is or was the subject of the designation,
  • (c) the disclosure is necessary to give effect to a requirement imposed under or by virtue of these Regulations or any other enactment, or
  • (d) the disclosure is required under rules of court, tribunal rules or a court or tribunal order, for the purposes of legal proceedings of any description.
  • (5) This regulation does not prevent the disclosure of information that is already, or has previously been, available to the public from other sources.
  • (6) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (2) commits an offence.
  • (7) The High Court (in Scotland, the Court of Session) may, on the application of—
  • (a) the person who is the subject of the information, or
  • (b) the Secretary of State,

grant an injunction (in Scotland, an interdict) to prevent a breach of the prohibition in paragraph (2).

  • (8) In paragraph (4)(c), “enactment” has the meaning given by section 54(6) of the Act.

Investments in relation to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory

CHAPTER 4A — Aircraft and ships

Technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships

46A
  • (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide to, or for the benefit of, a designated person technical assistance relating to—
  • (a) an aircraft, or
  • (b) a ship.
  • (2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to any technical assistance which is prohibited under regulation 27 (technical assistance relating to restricted goods and restricted technology).
  • (3) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).
  • (4) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance was provided to, or for the benefit of, a designated person.
  • (5) In this regulation—
  • aircraft” includes unmanned aircraft and aircraft capable of spaceflight activities;
  • designated person” means a person designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of this regulation;
  • ship” includes every description of vessel (including a hovercraft) used in navigation.

Imports from non-government controlled Ukrainian territory

Crimean ports direction or Donetsk ports direction

Trade: exceptions relating to non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts

60ZA
  • (1) Paragraphs (2) to (5) only apply in the case of trade relating to non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
  • (2) A prohibition in regulation 47 (imports from non-government controlled Ukrainian territory) or regulation 52(3)(a) (financial services and funds in relation to imports from non-government controlled Ukrainian territory) is not contravened by any act done by a person (“P”) in satisfaction of an obligation of P arising under a contract concluded before 23rd February 2022, or an ancillary contract necessary for the satisfaction of such a contract, provided that—
  • (a) the act is carried out before 24th May 2022, and
  • (b) P has notified the Secretary of State no later than the day 10 working days before the day on which the act is carried out.
  • (3) A prohibition in Chapter 2 of Part 5 in so far as it is applied to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory by regulation 53A or Chapter 2A of Part 5 (goods and technology relating to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory), regulation 48 to 51, 52(1), (2) or (3)(b) to (e), or 53 (trade in relation to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory) is not contravened by any act done by a person (“P”) in satisfaction of an obligation of P arising under a contract concluded before 23rd February 2022, or an ancillary contract necessary for the satisfaction of such a contract, provided that—
  • (a) the act is carried out before 24th August 2022, and
  • (b) P has notified the Secretary of State no later than the day five working days before the day on which the act is carried out.
  • (4) A prohibition in Chapter 2 of Part 5 in so far as it is applied to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory by regulation 53A or Chapter 2A of Part 5 (goods and technology relating to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory), regulation 54(1)(a) (prohibition on infrastructure-related services relating to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory) is not contravened by any act done by a person in satisfaction of an obligation of that person arising under a contract concluded before 23rd February 2022, or an ancillary contract necessary for the satisfaction of such a contract, provided that the act is carried out before 24th August 2022.
  • (5) A prohibition in Chapter 2 of Part 5 in so far as it is applied to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory by regulation 53A or Chapter 2A of Part 5 (goods and technology relating to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory), regulation 54(1)(b) (prohibition on tourism services relating to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory) is not contravened by any act done by a person (“P”) in satisfaction of an obligation of P arising under a contract concluded before 23rd February 2022, or an ancillary contract necessary for the satisfaction of such a contract, provided that—
  • (a) the act is carried out before 24th August 2022, and
  • (b) P has notified the Secretary of State no later than the day five working days before the day on which the act is carried out.

Trade: exceptions in relation to personal effects etc.

Trade: exceptions in relation to consumer communication devices and software updates

Trade: exceptions in relation to aircraft and vessels

Trade: exception relating to the safety of aircraft and ships

60D
  • (1) The prohibitions in regulation 46A (technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships) are not contravened by the provision of any technical assistance where a failure to provide that assistance would endanger—
  • (a) the lives of persons on board—
  • (i) an aircraft, or
  • (ii) a ship;
  • (b) the safety of—
  • (i) an aircraft in flight, or
  • (ii) a ship at sea.
  • (2) In this regulation, the following terms have the same meaning as they have in regulation 46A—
  • “aircraft”;
  • “ship”;
  • “technical assistance”.

Trade: exception for emergencies in certain cases

Ships: exceptions from prohibition on port entry

Aircraft: exceptions from prohibitions

Exception relating to trade restrictions in relation to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory

Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

Treasury licences

Trade licences

Aircraft licences

65A

The prohibition in regulation 57J(1) (prohibition on overflight or landing) does not apply to anything done under the authority of a licence issued by the Secretary of State under this regulation.

Licences: general provisions

Finance: licensing offences

Trade: licensing offences

Aircraft: licensing offences

68A
  • (1) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly—
  • (a) provides information that is false in a material respect, or
  • (b) provides or produces a document that is not what it purports to be,

for the purpose of obtaining an aircraft licence (whether for P or anyone else).

  • (2) A person who purports to act under the authority of an aircraft licence but who fails to comply with any condition of the licence commits an offence.
  • (3) A licence in respect of which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed is to be treated as void from the time at which it was issued.

Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directions

CHAPTER 4B — Luxury goods

Luxury goods

46B
  • (1) The export of luxury goods to, or for use in, Russia is prohibited.
  • (2) A person must not directly or indirectly—
  • (a) supply or deliver luxury goods from a third country to a place in Russia;
  • (b) make luxury goods available to a person connected with Russia;
  • (c) make luxury goods available for use in Russia.
  • (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).
  • (4) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (2) commits an offence, but—
  • (a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (2)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were destined (or ultimately destined) for Russia;
  • (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (2)(b) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;
  • (c) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (2)(c) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were for use in Russia.
  • (5) In this regulation, “third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Russia.

CHAPTER 4C — Iron and steel products

Meaning of iron and steel products

46C

In this Chapter—

  • iron and steel products” means any thing specified in Schedule 3B;
  • third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Russia.

Import of iron and steel products

46D
  • (1) The import of iron and steel products which are consigned from Russia is prohibited.
  • (2) The import of iron and steel products which originate in Russia is prohibited.
  • (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

Acquisition of iron and steel products

46E
  • (1) A person must not directly or indirectly acquire iron and steel products—
  • (a) which originate in Russia;
  • (b) which are located in Russia.
  • (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).
  • (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—
  • (a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods originated in Russia;
  • (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were located in Russia.

Supply and delivery of iron and steel products

46F
  • (1) A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver iron and steel products from a place in Russia to a third country.
  • (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).
  • (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the supply or delivery was from a place in Russia, whether directly or indirectly.
  • (4) In this regulation, “third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Russia.

SCHEDULE 2D — Oil refining goods and technology

PART 1

Interpretation

1
  • (1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 applies for the purposes of interpreting Part 2.
  • (2) Terms printed in quotation marks and not defined in this Schedule have the meaning given to them in—
  • (a) Schedules 2 and 3 to the Export Control Order 2008, or
  • (b) Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation,

as applicable.

PART 2

Oil refining goods

2

Any thing falling within—

  • (a) a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table, and
  • (b) the description in column 2 corresponding to that code.
Commodity code Description
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Alkylation and isomerization units
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Aromatic hydrocarbon production units
ex 8419 40 00 Atmospheric-vacuum crude distillation units (CDU)
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Catalytic reforming / cracker units
ex 8419 50 20, 8419 50 80 Cold boxes in the LNG-process
ex 8419 89 10 Cooling towers and similar plant for direct cooling (without a separating wall) by means of recirculated water, designed to be used with the equipment listed in this schedule
ex 8419 50 20 or 8419 50 80 Cryogenic exchangers in the LNG-process
ex 8414 10 81 Cryogenic pumps in the LNG-process
ex 8419 89 98ex 8419 89 30ex 8419 89 10 Delayed cokers
ex 8419 89 98ex 8419 89 30ex 8419 89 10 Flexicoking units
ex 8479 89 97 Hydrocracking reactors
ex 8419 89 98ex 8419 89 30ex 8419 89 10ex 8479 89 97 Hydrocracking reactor vessels
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Hydrogen generation equipment
ex 8419 60 00 ex 8419 89 98 ex 8421 39 15ex 8421 39 25ex 8421 39 35ex 8421 39 85ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Hydrogen recovery and purification equipment
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Hydrotreatment equipment/units
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Naphtha isomerisation units
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Polymerisation units
ex 8418 69 00 Process units for gas cooling in the LNG-process
ex 8418 60 00 Process units for the liquefaction of the natural gas
ex 8419 40 00 Process units for the separation and fractionation of the hydrocarbons in the LNG-process
ex 8419 60 00 ex 8419 89 10ex 8419 89 30ex 8419 89 98 ex 8421 39 35 ex 8421 39 85 ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Refinery fuel gas treatment and sulphur recovery equipment (including amine scrubbing units, sulphur recovery units, tail gas treatment units)
ex 8456 90 00ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Solvent de-asphalting units
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Sulphur production units
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Sulphuric acid alkylation and sulphuric acid regeneration units
ex 8419 89 10ex 8419 89 30ex 8419 89 98ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Thermal cracking units
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Toluene and heavy aromatics: Transalkylation units
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Visbreakers
ex 8479 89 97ex 8543 70 90 Vacuum gas oil hydrocracking units
3

Catalysts used in the following processes for the refining of crude oil to produce petroleum products—

  • (a) fluid catalytic cracking;
  • (b) hydroprocessing, including hydrotreating and hydrocracking,
  • (c) alkylation;
  • (d) catalytic reforming.

Oil refining technology

4

“Software” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of any thing falling within paragraphs 2 and 3.

5

“Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of any thing falling within paragraphs 2 to 4.

SCHEDULE 2E — Quantum computing and advanced materials goods and technology PART 1

Interpretation

1
  • (1) Terms printed in quotation marks and not defined or interpreted in this Schedule have the meaning given to them in—
  • (a) Schedules 2 and 3 to the Export Control Order 2008, or
  • (b) Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation,

as applicable.

  • (2) For the purposes of this Schedule, the interpretative notes in Part 2 apply.

PART 2

Quantum computing and advanced materials goods

2

Equipment, “electronic assemblies” and components, specially designed for “quantum computers”, quantum electronics, quantum sensors, quantum processing units, qubit circuits, qubit devices or quantum radar systems.

3

“Cryogenic refrigeration systems” designed to maintain temperatures below 1.1 kelvin for 48 hours or more and related cryogenic refrigeration equipment and components as follows:

  • (a) pulse tubes;
  • (b) cryostats;
  • (c) dewars;
  • (d) gas handling systems (GHS);
  • (e) compressors;
  • (f) control units.
4

Ultra-High vacuum (“UHV”) equipment as follows—

  • (a) UHV pumps (sublimation, turbomolecular, diffusion, cryogenic, ion-getter);
  • (b) UHV pressure gauges.
5

High quantum efficiency (“QE”) photodetectors and sources with a QE greater than 80% in the wavelength range exceeding 400 nanometers but not exceeding 1,600 nanometers.

6

Manufacturing equipment as follows—

  • (a) additive manufacturing equipment for the production of metal parts;
  • (b) additive manufacturing equipment for “energetic materials”, including equipment using ultrasonic extrusion;
  • (c) vat photopolymerisation additive manufacturing equipment using stereo lithography (SLA) or direct light processing (DLP);
  • (d) machines for additive manufacturing by plastics or rubber deposit;
  • (e) machines for additive manufacturing by plaster, cement, ceramics or glass deposit;
  • (f) parts of machines for additive manufacturing.
7

Metal powders and metal alloy powders specially designed for the additive manufacturing equipment specified in paragraph 6(a).

8

Microscopes, related equipment and detectors, as follows—

  • (a) scanning electron microscopes (SEM);
  • (b) scanning auger microscopes;
  • (c) transmission electron microscopes (TEM);
  • (d) atomic force microscopes (AFM);
  • (e) scanning force microscopes (SFM);
  • (f) equipment and detectors specially designed for use with the microscopes specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), employing any of the following—
  • (i) X-ray photo spectroscopy (XPS);
  • (ii) energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX, EDS);
  • (iii) electron back scatter detector (EBSD) systems;
  • (iv) electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA).
9

“Decapsulation” equipment for semiconductor devices.

Quantum computing and advanced materials technology

10

“Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of the systems, equipment and components specified in paragraphs 2 to 9.

11

“Software” for digital twins (DT) of additive manufactured products or for the determination of the reliability of additive manufactured products.

12

“Technology” “required” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of the systems, equipment, components and software specified in paragraphs 2 to 11.

SCHEDULE 3A — Luxury goods

PART 1

Interpretation

1
  • (1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 applies for the purposes of interpreting Part 2.
  • (2) In Part 2, “sales price” means the sales price of the item or quantity specified excluding value added taxes.
  • (3) For the purposes of this Schedule, where a sales price is specified per item, “item” is to be construed as the unit usually packaged for retail sale (where applicable), whether a singular good or a number of goods if packaged to be sold together.

PART 2

Luxury items

2

Horses, meaning any thing which falls within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price exceeds £250 per animal—

Commodity code Description
0101 21 00 Pure-bred breeding animals
0101 29 90 Other
3

Caviar and caviar substitutes, meaning any thing which falls within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price exceeds £250 per 1.5kg, or equivalent per item—

Commodity code Description
1604 31 00 Caviar
1604 32 00 Caviar substitutes
4

Truffles and preparations thereof falling within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price exceeds £250 per 1.5kg, or equivalent per item—

Commodity code Description
0709 56 00 Truffles
0710 80 69 Other
0711 59 00 Other
0712 39 00 Other
2001 90 97 Other
2003 90 10 Truffles
2103 90 90 Other
2104 10 00 Soups and broths and preparations therefor
2104 20 00 Homogenised composite food preparations
2106 00 00 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
5

Wines (including sparkling wines), beers, spirits and spirituous beverages, meaning any thing which falls within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price per item exceeds £250—

Commodity code Description
2203 00 00 Beer made from malt
2204 10 11 Champagne
2204 10 91 Asti spumante
2204 10 93 Other
2204 10 94 With a protected geographical indication (PGI)
2204 10 96 Other varietal wines
2204 10 98 Other
2204 21 00 In containers holding 2 litres or less
2204 29 00 Other
2205 00 00 Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances
2206 00 00 Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages with non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included
2207 10 00 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher
2208 00 00 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages
6

Cigars or cigarillos falling within the commodity codes set out in the table below, provided that the sales price per item exceeds £10—

Commodity code Description
2402 10 00 Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco
2402 90 00 Other
7

Perfumes, toilet waters and cosmetics, including beauty and make-up products, meaning any thing which falls within the following commodity codes, provided that the sales price exceeds the price corresponding to that code set out in the third column of the table—

Commodity code Description Sales price
3303 Perfumes and toilet waters £250 per 6.25 litres
3304 00 00 Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or suntan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations £250 per item or 6.25 litres if liquid
3305 00 00 Preparations for use on the hair £250 per item or 6.25 litres if liquid
3307 00 00 Pre-shave, shaving or aftershave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared room deodorisers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties £250 per item or 6.25 litres if liquid
6704 00 00 Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like, of human or animal hair or of textile materials; articles of human hair not elsewhere specified or included £250 per item
8

Leather, saddlery, travel goods, handbags or similar articles, meaning any thing which falls within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price per item exceeds £250—

Commodity code Description
4201 00 00 Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle-cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like), of any material
4202 00 00 Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
4205 00 90 Other
9605 00 00 Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning
9

Garments, clothing, accessories or shoes, meaning any thing which falls within the following commodity codes or chapters, provided that the sales price per item exceeds £250 —

Commodity code Description
4203 00 00 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather
4303 00 00 Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin
6101 00 00 Men’s or boys’ overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski jackets), windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading 6103
6102 00 00 Women’s or girls’ overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski jackets), windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading 6104
6103 00 00 Men’s or boys suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted
6104 00 00 Women’s or girls’ suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted
6105 00 00 Men’s or boys’ shirts, knitted or crocheted
6106 00 00 Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses, knitted or crocheted
6107 00 00 Men’s or boys’ underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted
6108 00 00 Women’s or girls’ slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, négligés, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted
6109 00 00 T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted
6110 00 00 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, knitted or crocheted
6111 00 00 Babies’ garments and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
6112 11 00 Of cotton
6112 12 00 Of synthetic fibres
6112 19 00 Of other textile materials
6112 20 00 Ski suits
6112 31 00 Of synthetic fibres
6112 39 00 Of other textile materials
6112 41 00 Of synthetic fibres
6112 49 00 Of other textile materials
6113 00 10 Of knitted or crocheted fabrics of heading 5906
6113 00 90 Other
6114 00 00 Other garments, knitted or crocheted
6115 00 00 Pantyhose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including graduated compression hosiery (for example, stockings for varicose veins) and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted
6116 00 00 Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted
6117 00 00 Other made-up clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted; knitted or crocheted parts of garments or of clothing accessories
6201 00 00 Men’s or boys’ overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski jackets), windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, other than those of heading 6203
6202 00 00 Women’s or girls overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski jackets), windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, other than those of heading 6204
6203 00 00 Men’s or boys’ suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear)
6204 00 00 Women’s or girls’ suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear)
6205 00 00 Men’s or boys’ shirts
6206 00 00 Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses
6207 00 00 Men’s or boys singlets and other vests, underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles
6208 00 00 Women’s or girls’ singlets and other vests, slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, négligés, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles
6209 00 00 Babies’ garments and clothing accessories
6210 10 00 Of fabrics of heading 5602 or 5603
6210 20 00 Other garments, of the type described in subheadings 6201 11 to 6201 19
6210 30 00 Other garments, of the type described in subheadings 6202 11 to 6202 19
6210 40 00 Other men’s or boys’ garments
6210 50 00 Other women’s or girls’ garments
6211 11 00 Men’s or boys’
6211 12 00 Women’s or girls’
6211 20 00 Ski suits
6211 32 00 Of cotton
6211 33 00 Of man-made fibres
6211 39 00 Of other textile materials
6211 42 00 Of cotton
6211 43 00 Of man-made fibres
6211 49 00 Of other textile materials
6212 00 00 Brassières, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof, whether or not knitted or crocheted
6213 00 00 Handkerchiefs
6214 00 00 Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like
6215 00 00 Ties, bow ties and cravats
6216 00 00 Gloves, mittens and mitts
6217 00 00 Other made-up clothing accessories; parts of garments or of clothing accessories, other than those of heading 6212
6401 00 00 Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes
6402 20 00 Footwear with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs
6402 91 00 Covering the ankle
6402 99 00 Other
6403 19 00 Other
6403 20 00 Footwear with outer soles of leather, and uppers which consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe
6403 40 00 Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toecap
6403 51 00 Covering the ankle
6403 59 00 Other
6403 91 00 Covering the ankle
6403 99 00 Other
6404 19 10 Slippers and other indoor footwear
6404 20 00 Footwear with outer soles of leather or composition leather
6405 00 00 Other footwear
6504 00 00 Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed
6505 00 10 Of fur felt or of felt of wool and fur, made from the hat bodies, hoods or plateaux of heading 6501 00 00
6505 00 30 Peaked caps
6505 00 90 Other
6506 99 00 Of other materials
6601 91 00 Having a telescopic shaft
6601 99 00 Other
6602 00 00 Walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and the like
9619 00 81 Napkins and napkin liners for babies
10

Carpets, rugs and tapestries, hand-made or not, meaning any thing which falls within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price per item exceeds £250—

Commodity code Description
5701 00 00 Carpets and other textile floor coverings, knotted, whether or not made up
5702 10 00 ‘Kelem’, ‘Schumacks’, ‘Karamanie’ and similar hand-woven rugs
5702 20 00 Floor coverings of coconut fibres (coir)
5702 31 80 Other
5702 32 00 Of man-made textile materials
5702 39 00 Of other textile materials
5702 41 90 Other
5702 42 00 Of man-made textile materials
5702 50 00 Other, not of pile construction, not made up
5702 91 00 Of wool or fine animal hair
5702 92 00 Of man-made textile materials
5702 99 00 Of other textile materials
5703 00 00 Carpets and other textile floor coverings, tufted, whether or not made up
5704 00 00 Carpets and other textile floor coverings, of felt, not tufted or flocked, whether or not made up
5705 00 00 Other carpets and other textile floor coverings, whether or not made up
5805 00 00 Hand-woven tapestries of the type Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, Beauvais and the like, and needle-worked tapestries (for example, petit point, cross stitch), whether or not made up
11

Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, articles of pearls, jewellery, gold- or silversmith articles falling within the commodity codes set out in the following table—

Commodity code Description
7101 00 00 Pearls, natural or cultured, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; pearls, natural or cultured, temporarily strung for convenience of transport
7102 00 00 Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set, excluding for industrial use
7103 00 00 Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport
7104 91 00 Diamonds, excluding for industrial use
7105 00 00 Dust and powder of natural or synthetic precious or semi-precious stones
7106 00 00 Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
7107 00 00 Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi-manufactured
7108 00 00 Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
7109 00 00 Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semi-manufactured
7110 11 00 Unwrought or in powder form
7110 19 00 Other
7110 21 00 Unwrought or in powder form
7110 29 00 Other
7110 31 00 Unwrought or in powder form
7110 39 00 Other
7110 41 00 Unwrought or in powder form
7110 49 00 Other
7111 00 00 Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured
7113 00 00 Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
7114 00 00 Articles of goldsmiths’ or silversmiths’ wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
7115 00 00 Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
7116 00 00 Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)
12

Coins and banknotes, meaning any thing which falls within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that such items are not legal tender, —

Commodity code Description
4907 00 30 Banknotes
7118 10 00 Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal tender
7118 90 00 Other
13

Any item of cutlery, bladed or edged instruments and tools falling within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided such items are comprised of precious metal or plated or clad with precious metal —

Commodity code Description
7114 00 00 Articles of goldsmiths’ or silversmiths’ wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
7115 00 00 Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
8214 00 00 Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers’ or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paperknives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files)
8215 00 00 Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware
9307 00 00 Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor
14

Tableware of porcelain, china, stoneware or earthenware or fine pottery falling within within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price per item exceeds £250—

Commodity code Description
6911 00 00 Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china
6912 00 23 Stoneware
6912 00 25 Earthenware or fine pottery
6912 00 83 Stoneware
6912 00 85 Earthenware or fine pottery
6914 10 00 Of porcelain or china
6914 90 00 Other
15

Items of lead crystal falling within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price per item exceeds £250—

Commodity code Description
7009 91 00 Unframed
7009 92 00 Framed
7010 00 00 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass
7013 22 00 Of lead crystal
7013 33 00 Of lead crystal
7013 41 00 Of lead crystal
7013 91 00 Of lead crystal
7018 10 00 Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwares
7018 90 00 Other
7020 00 80 Other
9405 50 00 Non-electrical lamps and lighting fittings
9405 91 00 Of glass
16

Electronic items for domestic use, meaning any thing which falls within the commodity codes set out in the following table, provided that the sales price per item exceeds £630—

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