| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/HKG/21 |
Hong Kong, China |
2017 |
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Import licences, Other environmental requirements |
Other |
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Environment related objective
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To ensure that prior consents among the export, import and transit competent authorities concerned are obtained before commencement of any waste shipment; To facilitate the continuation of legitimate waste trade and to stop any illegal shipment; To comply with obligations under the Basel Convention and to ensure environmentally sound management of waste in Hong Kong
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Import control on waste
Waste Disposal Ordinance, Cap. 354 and its subsidiary regulations
Date of entry into force: 1 September 1996
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Wastes originating in and coming from any places outside Hong Kong, except when the waste is specified in Schedule 6 of the Waste Disposal Ordinance, and it is uncontaminated and is intended for recycling or reuse purposes
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Type of measure
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Import permits; Financial guarantee
The applicant is required to deposit a bond or financial guarantee payable to the Government of the HKSAR. The amount of the bond or financial guarantee required will be determined on a case by case basis. It enables the waste disposa
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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Environment
Hazardous
Recycle
Waste
MEAs
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/HKG/21 |
Hong Kong, China |
2017 |
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Import licences |
Chemicals |
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Environment related objective
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To implement effective control on non-pesticide hazardous chemicals to protect human health and the environment in accordance with, inter alia, the principles of the Stockholm Convention and the Rotterdam Convention
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Import control on non-pesticide hazardous chemicals
Hazardous Chemicals Control Ordinance, Cap. 595
Import and Export Ordinance, Cap. 60
Date of entry into force of Cap. 595: 1 April 2008
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Type 1 Chemicals
1. Hexabromobiphenyl
2. Hexabromodiphenyl ether (hexaBDE) and heptabromodiphenyl ether (heptaBDE):
(a) 2,2’,4,4’,5,5’- hexabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-153)
(b) 2,2’,4,4’,5,6’- hexabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-154)
(c) 2,2’,3,3’,4,5’,6- heptabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-175)
(d) 2,2’,3,4,4’,5’,6-heptabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-183)
(e) Other hexa- and heptabromodiphenyl ethers present in commercial octabromodiphenyl ether
3. Hexachlorobenzene
4. Pentachlorobenzene
5. Polychlorinated biphenyls
6. Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether
(a) 2,2’,4,4’- tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47)
(b) 2,2’,4,4’,5- pentabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-99)
(c) Other tetra- and pentabromodiphenyl ether present in commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether
Type 2 Chemicals
1. Asbestos:
(a) Actinolite
(b) Anthophyllite
(c) Amosite
(d) Crocidolite
(e) Tremodlite
2. Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF)
(a) Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)
(b) Salts of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid
(c) Perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF)
3. Polybrominated biphenyls
(a) Octabromobiphenyls
(b) Decabromobiphenyls
4. Polychlorinated terphenyls
5. Tetraethyl Lead
6. Tetramethyl Lead
7. Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
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Type of measure
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Import permit and import licences
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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Environment
Hazardous
Pollution
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/JPN/16 |
Japan |
2017 |
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Import licences |
Fisheries |
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Environment related objective
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To comply with conservation and other fisheries control requirements from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), in particular as they relate to non-members, as well as provisions of Article 66 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), regarding the principles of the anadromous stocks with reference to the state of its origin.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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1.2 Import Approval Items - certain marine products, in particular Whales and their preparations and Bluefin tuna
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(5) Whales and their preparations, (7) Bluefin tuna (only fresh and chilled Bluefin tuna farmed in Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean) and (8) Southern bluefin tuna (only fresh and chilled Southern bluefin tuna)
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Type of measure
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Import approval
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ICS - HS Code
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0106
0208
0210
1504
1521
1601
1602
2301
2309
0302
0304
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/JPN/16 |
Japan |
2017 |
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Import licences |
Other |
Import approval for wild animals and plants |
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Environment related objective
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To comply with obligations under the CITES
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Import approval for wild animals and plants
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(1) Animals (excluding sperm whale, beaked whale, mink whale, sei whale, bryde's whale and fin whale) and plants included in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (hereinafter referred to as "CITES"), plus their parts and derivatives.
(2) Animals and plants belonging to species listed in Annex II of the CITES (except for whales and their preparations, and also except for oceanic whitetip shark, scalloped hammerhead, great hammerhead, smooth hammerhead, basking shark, white shark, porbeagle, whale shark and sea horse), plus their parts and derivatives (for plants, only those parts and derivatives specified in Annex II).
(3) Animals and plants belonging to species listed in Annex III of the CITES, plus their parts and derivatives.
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Type of measure
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Import approval
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/JPN/16 |
Japan |
2017 |
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Import licences, Import quotas |
Chemicals |
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Environment related objective
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To protect the ozone layer and comply with the Montreal Protocol
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Import quotas and licences for ozone depleting substances
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Substances listed in: Annex A, Group I (excluding Import approval items in Substances which Deplete the Ozone Layer, those used as raw materials for producing other substances and those used for laboratory and analytical purpose); Annex A, Group II (excluding Import approval items in Substances which Deplete the Ozone Layer, and those used as raw materials for producing other substances); Annex B (excluding Import approval items in Substances which Deplete the Ozone Layer, those used as raw materials for producing other substances and those used for laboratory and analytical purpose); Annex C, Group I (excluding Import approval items in Substances which Deplete the Ozone Layer and those used as raw materials for producing other substances); Annex C, Group II (excluding Import approval items in Substances which Deplete the Ozone Layer, those used as raw materials for producing other substances and those used for laboratory and analytical purpose); Annex C, Group III (excluding Import approval items in Substances which Deplete the Ozone Layer, those used as raw materials for producing other substances and those used for laboratory and analytical purpose); Annex E (excluding Import approval items in Substances which Deplete the Ozone Layer, those used as raw materials for producing other substances, those used for laboratory and analytical purpose and those used for the quarantine of the export or import of cargo) of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
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Type of measure
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Import licences and import quotas
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/JPN/16 |
Japan |
2017 |
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Import licences |
Chemicals, Other |
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Environment related objective
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To implement the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the Basel Convention on the Control of Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, Waste Disposal and the Public Cleansing Law, the Law on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Regulation of Specific Chemicals
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Import approvals for ozone depleting substances and hazardous wastes
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(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 (except for wastes produced from ship or aircraft navigation in Article 4.2 and for a person who enters Japan carrying wastes).
(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.
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Type of measure
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Import approval
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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Clean
Hazardous
Waste
MEAs
Soil
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/JPN/16 |
Japan |
2017 |
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Import licences |
Chemicals |
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Environment related objective
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To implement the Minamata Convention on Mercury
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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18 MERCURY
The approval system applies Mercury shipped from non-Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury
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Mercury (includes mixtures of mercury with other substances (including alloys of mercury), with a mercury concentration of at least 95 per cent by weight)
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Type of measure
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Import approval
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/MAC/20 |
Macao, China |
2017 |
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Import licences, Import quotas |
Chemicals |
Ozone-depleting substances |
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Environment related objective
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To protect the ozone layer and to comply with the Montreal Protocol
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Ozone-depleting substances
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All goods specified in the Annexes of the referred legislation (Decree-Law no. 62/95/M)
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Type of measure
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Import licences and import quotas
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/MAC/20 |
Macao, China |
2017 |
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Export licences, Import licences |
Other |
Endangered Species of Animals and Plants |
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Environment related objective
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To protect endangered species under CITES
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Endangered Species of Animals and Plants
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All specimens listed in Annexes I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
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Type of measure
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Export licences and import licences
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/MKD/6 |
North Macedonia |
2017 |
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Import licences |
Chemicals |
Import licensing on ozone-depleting substances |
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Environment related objective
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To protect environment from ozone-depleting substances
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Import licensing on ozone-depleting substances
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A complete list of products subject to import licensing procedures is given in Annexes 1-9 of the Decision.
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Type of measure
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Import licences
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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Keywords
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