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Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5 Japan 2020
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Export licences Chemicals 23. Non-automatic licence for exports of mercury.
Environment related objective
Protection of the Environment and of Human Health & Safety by requiring Non-automatic licence for exports of mercury. Article XX(b) of the GATT; Minamata Convention on Mercury
Measure description Coverage of the measure
23. Non-automatic licence for exports of mercury.
(a)Mercury (includes mixtures of mercury with other substances (including alloys of mercury), with a mercury concentration of at least 95 per cent by weight); (b)Mercury-added products listed Annex A of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Type of measure
NAL - X: Non-automatic licensing for exportation
 ICS - HS Code
2805.40
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 September 2020
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5; G/LIC/N/3/JPN/19 Japan 2020
MEAs implementation and compliance, Natural…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Natural resources conservation, Sustainable fisheries management
 Import licences Fisheries 1.2. Import Approval on Marine Products
Environment related objective
To contribute to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources. Article XX(g) of the GATT, Convention for the Conservation of Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.2. Import Approval on Marine Products
1.2 2 (6) in G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17: Salmon and (salmon) trout and their preparations
HS codes Nos.
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic licensing
ICS - HS Code
03.01
03.02
03.03
03.04
03.05
16.04
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Date of entry into force: 6 June 2003
Keywords
Conservation
Fish
MEAs
Natural resources
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5; G/LIC/N/3/JPN/19 Japan 2020
MEAs implementation and compliance, Natural…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Natural resources conservation, Sustainable fisheries management
 Import licences Fisheries 1.2. Import Approval on Marine Products.
Environment related objective
To contribute to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources. Article XX(g) of the GATT; International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.2. Import Approval on Marine Products.
1.2 2 (7) in G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17: Bluefin tuna (only fresh and chilled Bluefin tuna farmed in Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean).
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic licensing
ICS - HS Code
03.02
03.04
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Date of entry into force: 6 June 2003
Keywords
Conservation
Fish
MEAs
Natural resources
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5; G/LIC/N/3/JPN/19 Japan 2020
MEAs implementation and compliance, Natural…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Natural resources conservation, Sustainable fisheries management
 Import licences Fisheries 1.2. Import Approval on Marine Products..
Environment related objective
To contribute to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources. Article XX(g) of the GATT; Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.2. Import Approval on Marine Products..
1.2 2 (8) in G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17: Southern bluefin tuna (only fresh and chilled Southern bluefin tuna).
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic licensing
 ICS - HS Code
03.02
03.04
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Date of entry into force: 6 June 2003
Keywords
Conservation
Fish
MEAs
Natural resources
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5; G/LIC/N/3/JPN/19 Japan 2020
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection, Waste management and recycling
 Import quotas Chemicals, Other
8.1.Import Quota on Substances which deplete the…
8.1.Import Quota on Substances which deplete the ozone layer, specified hazardous wastes, waste chemical weapons goods
Environment related objective
To protect human, animal or plant life or health. Article XX(b) of the GATT; Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Measure description Coverage of the measure
8.1.Import Quota on Substances which deplete the ozone layer, specified hazardous wastes, waste chemical weapons goods
8.1 2 in G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17: Annex A, Group I; Annex A, Group
II; Annex C, Group I; Annex C, Group II; Annex C, Group III; Annex E
Type of measure
GQ: Global quota
ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Date of entry into force: 6 June 2003
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Ozone
Waste
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5; G/LIC/N/3/JPN/19 Japan 2020
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Ozone layer protection, Waste management and recycling
 Import licences Chemicals, Other
8.2. Import Approval on Substances which deplete…
8.2. Import Approval on Substances which deplete the ozone layer, specified hazardous wastes, waste chemical weapons goods
Environment related objective
To protect human, animal or plant life or health. Article XX(b) of the GATT
Measure description Coverage of the measure
8.2. Import Approval on Substances which deplete the ozone layer, specified hazardous wastes, waste chemical weapons goods
8.2 2 in G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17: (1) Controlled substances listed in Annexes A, B, C, Group I, Group II, Group III, D, E of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer coming from non-members of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. (2) Specified hazardous wastes in item 1 of Section 2 of the Law for the Control of the Export and Import of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes. (3) Wastes in item 1 of Section 2 of the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law (4) Specified products in item 3 of Section 2 of the Law on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and Regulation. (5) The chemical substances specified in item 5 of Section 2 of the Law on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and Regulation.
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic licensing
ICS - HS Code
27
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Date of entry into force: 6 June 2003
Keywords
Hazardous
Ozone
Waste
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5; G/LIC/N/3/JPN/19 Japan 2020
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Import licences Chemicals
18. Import Approval on Mercury with a mercury…
18. Import Approval on Mercury with a mercury concentration of at least 95 percent by weight and Mercury-added products listed in Annex A of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Environment related objective
To protect human, animal or plant life or health. Article XX(b) of the GATT; Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
18. Import Approval on Mercury with a mercury concentration of at least 95 percent by weight and Mercury-added products listed in Annex A of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
18.2 in G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17: (a) Mercury with a mercury concentration of at least 95 per cent by weight (HS No. 2805.40); (b) Mercury-added products listed in Annex A of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Type of measure
NAL: Non-automatic licensing
ICS - HS Code
2805.40
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Date of entry into force: 6 June 2003
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/3 Kazakhstan 2020
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Ban/Prohibition Chemicals, Manufacturing
1. Prohibition to import/ export of ozone…
1. Prohibition to import/ export of ozone destroying substances
Environment related objective
Protection of the Environment and of Human Health & Safety by prohibiting ozone destroying substances and associated products. Article XX(b) GATT; Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer signed on 16 September 1987
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1. Prohibition to import/ export of ozone destroying substances
Various including Cooling mixtures; Air conditioners and heat pumps; Refrigerators; Ice-making machines, milk cooling units; Freezing compartments; Air driers; Insulating boards, plates, panels and cellular
pipe coatings, using cellulating agents as foaming agents containing ozone-depleting substances
Type of measure
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions; CP-X: Prohibition on Exports except under defined conditions
 ICS - HS Code
2903140000
2903190000
3824720000
382478
841510
84158100
8418
841850
8419
2903776000
2903761000
2903762000
2903769000
2903779000
2903793000
2903391100
3824710000
3824740000
3824750000
3824760000
3824770000
3824790000
8415820000
84186100
841869000
841810200
841810800
841830200
841830800
841840200
841840800
8479899701
8479899708
3921110000
3921120000
3921131000
3921139000
3921140000
3921190000
3907202001
3907202009
8424100000
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 10 September 2020
Keywords
MEAs
Ozone
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/3 Kazakhstan 2020
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
 Ban/Prohibition Other 2. Prohibition to import of hazardous wastes
Environment related objective
Protection of the Environment and of Human Health & Safety by prohibiting the import of hazardous wastes. Article XX(b) GATT; Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal signed in Basel of 22 March 1990.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
2. Prohibition to import of hazardous wastes
Wastes that contain any of the following substances as a component or contaminant: arsenic, arsenic compounds, mercury, mercury compounds (excluding mercury lamps and luminescent tubes), Zinc waste and scrap Tin and products made from it other non-precious metal waste and scrap...
HS codes 2901-2942 were not registered in the ICS-HS, however they are covered by this measure.
Type of measure
P: Prohibition
 ICS - HS Code
2524
2620
2621
2710
28
280540
2818
2837
2842
29
2901
2903
2915
2916
2917
2918
3802
3808
3824
3825
3915
3923
4013
4101
4103
4301
4415
4707
4819
6812
7019
7204
8539
8540
740400
750300
760200
7802000000
7902000000
8002000000
8101970000
8102970000
8103300000
8104200000
8105300000
8106001000
8107300000
8108300000
8109300000
8110200000
8111001900
8112130000
8112220000
8112520000
8112921000
8112922101
8112922109
8113004000
8104300000
8104900000
2620910000
2620290000
2620999509
3825500000
3825690000
854810
7001001000
681140000
271390
2620210000
381111
0511991000
4115200000
3101000000
3825610000
3825410000
2706000000
4017000009
4401390000
440140
7010
570190
570232
570242
5702503100
5702503900
5702921000
5702929000
570320
570330
5705003000
2106909803
2942000000
3006920000
3824996100
3825300000
2707910000
2713200000
2826191000
2826908000
2833250000
2908990000
270799
2714900000
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 10 September 2020
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Waste
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/3 Kazakhstan 2020
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Plant protection
 Ban/Prohibition Agriculture, Chemicals
4. Plant protection products and other persistent…
4. Plant protection products and other persistent organic pollutants prohibited from importation
Environment related objective
Protection of the Environment and of Human Health & Safety by prohibiting the import of certain plant protection products and other persistent organic pollutants. Article XX(b) GATT.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
4. Plant protection products and other persistent organic pollutants prohibited from importation
Aldrin, Chlordane, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, Hexachlorbenzene, Mirex
Camphechlor (toxaphene), Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDT (1-1-1trichloro-2,2-bis(p- chlorophenyl)ethane)
Type of measure
P: Prohibition
 ICS - HS Code
2903820000
3808590009
2910400000
2910900000
2903920000
2903830000
3808912000
290399
3824820000
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 10 September 2020
Keywords
Organic
Pollution