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G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Biodiversity and ecosystem

Ban/Prohibition

Other

Environment related objective
To protect the environment against certain dogs and dog breeds that can be a threat to native ecosystem WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Animals and Birds Act, 1965 QR No. 9: Prohibition on the import and export of the following breeds of dogs and their crosses: Pit Bull (which includes the American Pit Bull Terrier also known as the American Pit Bull and Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the American Bulldog), Neapolitan Mastiff, Tosa, Akita, Dogo Argentino, Boerboel, Fila Brasileiro, and Perro de Presa Canario Administered by AVA		Specific breeds of dogs and their crosses: Pit Bull (which includes the American Pit Bull Terrier also known as the American Pit Bull and Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the American Bulldog) Neapolitan Mastiff, Tosa, Akita, Dogo Argentino, Boerboel, Fila Brasileiro, and Perro de Presa Canario)
Type of measure	P: Prohibition; P-X: Prohibition for exportation	ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Environment

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G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Biodiversity and ecosystem

Ban/Prohibition

Other

Environment related objective
To protect the environment against certain cats and cat breeds that can be a threat to native ecosystem WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Animals and Birds Act, 1965 QR No. 10: Prohibition on the import & export of Bengal and Savannah cat crosses 4th generation crosses and below from the ancestral stock of Prionailurus bengalensis and Leptailurus serval respectively. Administered by AVA		Specific breeds of cats and their crosses: Bengal and Savannah cat crosses 4th generation crosses and below from the ancestral stock of Prionailurus bengalensis and Leptailurus serval respectively
Type of measure	P: Prohibition; P-X: Prohibition for exportation	ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Environment

Quantitative Restrictions

G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Ban/Prohibition

Chemicals

Environment related objective
To protect the environment by prohibiting PCBs and its substitutes WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT Grounds for restriction: Rotterdam and or Stockholm Convention
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Environmental Protection and Management Act and its Regulations, 1999 QR No. 39: Prohibition on the import of PCB and its substitutes The Environmental Protection and Management Act is an Act to consolidate the laws relating to environmental pollution control, to provide for the protection and management of the environment and resource conservation, and for purposes connected therewith. Administered by National Environment Agency (NEA)		Various, including aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, mirex, and toxaphene, PCBs.
Type of measure	P: Prohibition	ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Conservation Environment Pollution

Quantitative Restrictions

G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Export licences, Import licences

Chemicals

Environment related objective
To protect the environment against hazardous substances WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Environmental Protection and Management Act and its Regulations, 1999 QR No. 40: Non-automatic license for the import and export of Hazardous Substances Administered by NEA		" Hazardous substance" does not include any ozone depleting substance specified in Part I of the Second Schedule of the Act other than methyl bromide
Type of measure	NAL: Non-automatic licensing; NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation	ICS - HS Code	2020160223.
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Environment Hazardous

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G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Export licences

Chemicals

Environment related objective
To protect the environment against chemicals/pesticides WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT Grounds for restriction: Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (the Rotterdam Convention)
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Environmental Protection and Management Act and its Regulations, 1999 QR No. 41: Non-automatic license on the export of chemicals: Pesticides The Environmental Protection and Management Act is an act to consolidate the laws relating to environmental pollution control, to provide for the protection and management of the environment and resource conservation, and for purposes connected therewith. Administered by NEA		Detailed product description available in the link provided in column 3.
Type of measure	NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation	ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Conservation Environment Hazardous Pollution

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G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Export licences, Import licences

Other

Environment related objective
To protect the environment against hazardous waste WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT Grounds for restriction: Basel Convention for the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act, 1997 QR No. 42: Non-automatic license for the import and export of hazardous waste Administered by NEA		Hazardous waste means: (i) waste prescribed by any regulations made under this Act, where the waste has any of the characteristics mentioned in Annex III to the Basel Convention; or (ii) waste that belongs to any category contained in Annex I to the Basel Convention, unless it does not possess any of the characteristics in Annex III to that Convention
Type of measure	NAL: Non-automatic licensing; NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation	ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Hazardous Waste MEAs

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G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Ban/Prohibition

Mining

Environment related objective
To protect the environment by prohibiting the import of asbestos. WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT Grounds for restriction: Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (the Rotterdam Convention)
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Environmental Protection and Management Act and its Regulations, 1999 QR No. 43: Prohibition on the import of asbestos Administered by NEA		Asbestos and goods containing asbestos
Type of measure	P: Prohibition	ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Environment Hazardous

Quantitative Restrictions

G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences

Chemicals

Environment related objective
To protect the ozone layer. WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT Grounds for restriction: Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol); the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Environmental Protection and Management (Ozone Depleting Substances) Act and its Regulations, 1999 QR No. 44: Prohibition on the import and export of certain ozone -depleting substances (including chlorofluorocarbons) The Environmental Protection and Management Act is an Act to consolidate the laws relating to environmental pollution control, to provide for the protection and management of the environment and resource conservation, and for purposes connected therewith. Imports are prohibited from non-signatories, in accordance with the obligations under the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments. Administered by NEA		Certain ozone-depleting substances (including chlorofluorocarbons)
Type of measure	NAL: Non-automatic licensing; NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation; P: Prohibition; P-X: Prohibition for exportation	ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Environment Pollution Conservation Climate MEAs Soil Ozone

Quantitative Restrictions

G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Export licences, Import licences

Chemicals

Environment related objective
To protect the environment from radioactive substances. WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT Grounds for restriction: International Atomic Energy Agency’s Code of Conduct of the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Radiation Protection Act, 2007 QR No. 45: Non-automatic license for the import and export of Radioactive materials, ionising radiation irradiating apparatus and non-ionising radiation irradiating apparatus The Radiation Protection Act is an Act to control and regulate the import, export, manufacture, sale, disposal, transport, storage, possession and use of radioactive materials and irradiating apparatus, to make provision in relation to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and to establish a system for the imposition and maintenance of nuclear safeguards, and to provide for matters connected therewith. Administered by NEA		“ Radioactive material” means any article containing a radioactive substance giving it a specific or total radioactivity exceeding the prescribed level, and includes any article containing any nuclear material
Type of measure	NAL: Non-automatic licensing; NAL-X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation	ICS - HS Code	2020160223.
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Hazardous

Quantitative Restrictions

G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3

Singapore

2017

Ban/Prohibition

Chemicals

Environment related objective
To protect the ozone layer by prohibiting the export of Halons WTO Justification: Article XX(b) of the GATT Grounds for restriction: Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol); the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Measure description		Coverage of the measure
Environmental Protection and Management (Ozone Depleting Substances) Regulations, 2002 QR No. 46: Prohibition on the export of Halons Administered by NEA		Dibromotetrafluoroethane (halon-2402); bromotrifluoromethane (halon-1301); bromochlorodifluoromethane (halon-1211) Bromochloromethane (halon-1011) Bromochlorodifluoromethane (HALON-1211) - In mixtures; bromotrifluoromethane (HALON-1301) - In mixtures; DIBROMOTETRAFLUOROETHANE (HALON-2402) - In mixtures Bromochloromethane (HALON-1011) - In mixtures
Type of measure	CP-X: Prohibition except under defined conditions for exportation	ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount		Implementation period	Information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012-2014): 2016 and relates to restrictions in force as of 31/12/2016.
Keywords	Environment Climate MEAs Soil

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