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Regional Trade Agreements, General Agreement on…
Regional Trade Agreements, General Agreement on Trade in Services
 WT/REG395/N/3;
S/C/N/920/ADD.2
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile,…
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Viet Nam
 2023 General environmental protection Environmental provisions in trade agreements All products/economic activities
The CPTPP establishes a free trade area for trade…
The CPTPP establishes a free trade area for trade in goods and services within the meaning of GATT 1994 Article XXIV and GATS Article V. The Agreement contains provisions on national treatment and market access for goods, rules of origin and origin procedures, textiles and apparel goods, customs administration and trade facilitation, trade remedies, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, investment, cross-border trade in services, financial services, temporary entry for business persons, telecommunications, electronic commerce, government procurement, competition policy, state-owned enterprises and designated monopolies, intellectual property, labour, environment, cooperation and capacity building, competitiveness and business facilitation, development, small and medium sized enterprises, regulatory coherence, transparency and anti-corruption, administrative and institutional provisions, and dispute settlement. The Agreement establishes a Commission to oversee its implementation.
Environment related objective
Provisions on environment in the CPTPP.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The CPTPP establishes a free trade area for trade in goods and services within the meaning of GATT 1994 Article XXIV and GATS Article V. The Agreement contains provisions on national treatment and market access for goods, rules of origin and origin procedures, textiles and apparel goods, customs administration and trade facilitation, trade remedies, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, investment, cross-border trade in services, financial services, temporary entry for business persons, telecommunications, electronic commerce, government procurement, competition policy, state-owned enterprises and designated monopolies, intellectual property, labour, environment, cooperation and capacity building, competitiveness and business facilitation, development, small and medium sized enterprises, regulatory coherence, transparency and anti-corruption, administrative and institutional provisions, and dispute settlement. The Agreement establishes a Commission to oversee its implementation.
Goods and services
Type of measure
Regional Trade agreement
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: 30 December 2018 for Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and 14 January 2019 for Viet Nam. For the rest of the Parties, entry into force would be in accordance with Article 3 (Entry into Force), paragraph 2, of the CPTPP.
Keywords
Environment
Regional Trade Agreements, General Agreement on…
Regional Trade Agreements, General Agreement on Trade in Services
 WT/REG395/N/4;
S/C/N/920/ADD.3
 		2023 General environmental protection Environmental provisions in trade agreements All products/economic activities
Environment related objective
Provisions on environment in the CPTPP.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The CPTPP establishes a free trade area for trade in goods and services within the meaning of GATT 1994 Article XXIV and GATS Article V. The Agreement contains provisions on national treatment and market access for goods, rules of origin and origin procedures, textiles and apparel goods, customs administration and trade facilitation, trade remedies, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, investment, cross-border trade in services, financial services, temporary entry for business persons, telecommunications, electronic commerce, government procurement, competition policy, state-owned enterprises and designated monopolies, intellectual property, labour, environment, cooperation and capacity building, competitiveness and business facilitation, development, small and medium sized enterprises, regulatory coherence, transparency and anti-corruption, administrative and institutional provisions, and dispute settlement. The Agreement establishes a Commission to oversee its implementation.
Goods and services
Type of measure
Regional Trade Agreement
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: 30 December 2018 for Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and 14 January 2019 for Viet Nam. For the rest of the Parties, entry into force would be in accordance with Article 3 (Entry into Force), paragraph 2, of the CPTPP.
Keywords
Environment
Regional Trade Agreements, General Agreement on…
Regional Trade Agreements, General Agreement on Trade in Services
 WT/REG395/N/5;
S/C/N/920/ADD.4

 		2023 General environmental protection Environmental provisions in trade agreements All products/economic activities
Environment related objective
Provisions on environment in the CPTPP.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The CPTPP establishes a free trade area for trade in goods and services within the meaning of GATT 1994 Article XXIV and GATS Article V. The Agreement contains provisions on national treatment and market access for goods, rules of origin and origin procedures, textiles and apparel goods, customs administration and trade facilitation, trade remedies, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, investment, cross-border trade in services, financial services, temporary entry for business persons, telecommunications, electronic commerce, government procurement, competition policy, state-owned enterprises and designated monopolies, intellectual property, labour, environment, cooperation and capacity building, competitiveness and business facilitation, development, small and medium sized enterprises, regulatory coherence, transparency and anti-corruption, administrative and institutional provisions, and dispute settlement. The Agreement establishes a Commission to oversee its implementation.
Goods and services
Type of measure
Regional Trade Agreement
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: 30 December 2018 for Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and 14 January 2019 for Viet Nam. For the rest of the Parties, entry into force would be in accordance with Article 3 (Entry into Force), paragraph 2, of the CPTPP.
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/MYS/107 Malaysia 2022
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
 Other
All wastepaper and metal scrap intended to be…
All wastepaper and metal scrap intended to be imported into Malaysia are subject to inspection process and issuance of Certificate of Approval as per the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) (No.X) Order 2021. The requirements on all incoming importation of wastepaper and metal scrap into Malaysia are specified in the Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Waste Paper and the Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Metal Scrap. (...) Interim measure have been enforced pending the implementation of the Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Metal Scrap.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment and make progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 by regulating waste.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
All wastepaper and metal scrap intended to be imported into Malaysia are subject to inspection process and issuance of Certificate of Approval as per the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) (No.X) Order 2021. The requirements on all incoming importation of wastepaper and metal scrap into Malaysia are specified in the Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Waste Paper and the Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Metal Scrap. (...) Interim measure have been enforced pending the implementation of the Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Metal Scrap.
Wastepaper and scrap metal
Type of measure
Certification procedure and technical regulations
 ICS - HS Code
13.030
470710
470720
470730
7204
7404
7602
77
85.060
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force on 10 January 2022
Keywords
Environment
MEAs
Waste
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/MYS/2 Malaysia 2022 Sustainable forestry management Ban/Prohibition Forestry
3. Import prohibition of illegally logged timber…
3. Import prohibition of illegally logged timber from Indonesia
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by prohibiting the import of illegally sourced timber
Measure description Coverage of the measure
3. Import prohibition of illegally logged timber from Indonesia
Logs; Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of its bark or merely roughed down; wood roughly squared or half-squared but not further manufactured; and baulks from Indonesia
Type of measure
P: Prohibition
 ICS - HS Code
4403
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
Keywords
Forest
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/MYS/2 Malaysia 2022
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Export licences, Import licences Chemicals
9. Non-automatic licensing for the import and…
9. Non-automatic licensing for the import and export of:
• Mercury
• Amalgams (containing mercury)
• Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defines, excluding amalgams (including mercury sulphate and mercury compounds of a kind used as luminophores)
• Organo mercury compound
• Dental alloys containing mercury
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating mercury under Article XX(b) of the GATT and the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
9. Non-automatic licensing for the import and export of:
• Mercury
• Amalgams (containing mercury)
• Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defines, excluding amalgams (including mercury sulphate and mercury compounds of a kind used as luminophores)
• Organo mercury compound
• Dental alloys containing mercury
Mercury and mercury amalgams, alloys, and compounds
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic license; NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports
 ICS - HS Code
2805.40.0000
3006.40.1010
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/MYS/2 Malaysia 2022
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Ban/Prohibition Chemicals
23. Prohibition on the import and export of ozone…
23. Prohibition on the import and export of ozone depleting substances
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by prohibiting ozone depleting substances under Article XX(b) of the GATT and the Montreal Protocol
Measure description Coverage of the measure
23. Prohibition on the import and export of ozone depleting substances
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons; carbon tetrachloride; and methyl chloroform
Type of measure
P: Prohibition; P-X: Prohibition on exports
 ICS - HS Code
2903.14
2903.19
2903.76
2903.77
2903.79
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
Keywords
MEAs
Ozone
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/MYS/2 Malaysia 2022
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Export licences, Import licences Chemicals
24. Non-automatic licensing for the import and…
24. Non-automatic licensing for the import and export of Ozone Depleting Substances
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by prohibiting ozone depleting substances under Article XX(b) of the GATT and the Montreal Protocol
Measure description Coverage of the measure
24. Non-automatic licensing for the import and export of Ozone Depleting Substances
Chemicals including hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic license; NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports; GQC-S: Seasonal Global quota allocated by country
 ICS - HS Code
2903.71
2903.72
2903.73
2903.74
2903.75
2903.79
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
Keywords
MEAs
Ozone
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/MYS/2 Malaysia 2022
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
 Export licences, Import licences Other
25. Non-automatic licensing for the import and…
25. Non-automatic licensing for the import and export of used electrical and electronic equipment
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by restricting used electrical and electronic equipment under Article XX(b) of the GATT and the Basel Convention
Measure description Coverage of the measure
25. Non-automatic licensing for the import and export of used electrical and electronic equipment
Used electrical and electronic equipment as listed under Third Schedule, Part I (item 68, 37-43), Custom (Prohibition of Export) Order 2017
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic license; NAL-X: Non-automatic license on exports
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Waste
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/MYS/2 Malaysia 2022
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
 Import licences Other
26. Non-automatic licensing for the import of…
26. Non-automatic licensing for the import of toxic and/or hazardous wastes
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by restricting the import of hazardous waste under Article XX(b) of the GATT and the Basel Convention
Measure description Coverage of the measure
26. Non-automatic licensing for the import of toxic and/or hazardous wastes
Toxic and/or hazardous wastes
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic license
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2022
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Waste