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Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/1/RUS/15 Russian Federation 2016
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences Chemicals
Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic…
Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 30 of 21.04.2015 (As last amended on 02.06.2016 - The document in G/LIC/N/1/RUS/2)
Environment related objective
To protect the environment from toxic substances except those for precursors of the drugs and substances with psychotropic effects
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 30 of 21.04.2015 (As last amended on 02.06.2016 - The document in G/LIC/N/1/RUS/2)
Toxic substances except for precursors of the drugs and substances with psychotropic effects
Type of measure
Approval of the the Common List of Goods that are subject
to import/export prohibitions or restrictions to/from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union

Paragraph 2.13 «toxic substances except for precursors of the drugs and substances with
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Date of publication: 03.06.2016
Effective date of requirement: 03.07.2016
Keywords
Hazardous
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/1/THA/2 Thailand 2016 Waste management and recycling Ban/Prohibition, Import licences Other
Notification of Ministry of Commerce B.E.2556 …
Notification of Ministry of Commerce B.E.2556 (dated 16 August 2013)
Environment related objective
To protect the environment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Notification of Ministry of Commerce B.E.2556 (dated 16 August 2013)
Re-treaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber for buses or trucks (import licences); and certain re-treaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber (import prohibition)
Type of measure
Import licences and import prohibition
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Date of publication: 06.09.2013
Effective date of requirement: 05.11.2013
Keywords
Environment
Waste
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/2/BRA/7 Brazil 2016 General environmental protection Import licences Not specified
Non-automatic import licensing for products that…
Non-automatic import licensing for products that may pose risks to human, animal, or plant health, or that may cause environmental damage
Environment related objective
To protect the environment and animal or plant health
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Non-automatic import licensing for products that may pose risks to human, animal, or plant health, or that may cause environmental damage
Products that may pose risks to human, animal, or plant health, or that may cause environmental damage
Type of measure
Non-automatic import licences
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Subsidy amount Implementation period
There is no deadline for the duration of the adopted measures
Keywords
Environment
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/2/IDN/35 Indonesia 2016 Ozone layer protection
Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures…
Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures, Import licences, Quarantine requirements
 Chemicals
Regulation of the Minister of Trade No. 83/M-DAG…
Regulation of the Minister of Trade No. 83/M-DAG/PER/10/2015, dated 8 October 2015 concerning the Provision of Importation on Ozone Depleting Substances
Environment related objective
To protect the ozone layer
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Regulation of the Minister of Trade No. 83/M-DAG/PER/10/2015, dated 8 October 2015 concerning the Provision of Importation on Ozone Depleting Substances
Ozone depleting substances

Attachment I, list of substances that can be imported: HCFC-21,
HCFC-31, HCFC-121, HCFC-122, HCFC-124, HCFC-131, HCFC-132, HCFC-133, HCFC-151, HCFC-221, HCFC-222, HCFC-223, HCFC-224, HCFC-226, HCFC-231, HCFC-232, HCFC-233, HCFC-234, HCFC-235, HCFC-241, HCFC-242, HCFC-243, HCFC-244, HCFC-251, HCFC-252, HCFC-253, HCFC-261, HCFC-262, HCFC-261; HCFC-22; HCFC-123; HCFC-141, HCFC-141B; HCFC-142, HCFC-142B; HCFC-225, HCFC-225ca, HCFC-225cb; Methyl bromide for quarantine and preshipment inspection.

Attachment II, list of substances that can not be imported: Halon-1211, Halon-1301, Halon-2402; CCL4/CTC; CH3CCI3/Methyl Chloroform/TCA; CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-13, CFC-111, CFC-112, CFC-113, CFC-114, CFC-115, CFC-211, CFC-212, CFC-213, CFC-214, CFC-215, CFC-216, CFC-217; Bromomethana for warehousing; R-500, R-502.
Type of measure
Prohibition; Non-automatic import licences; and quarantine and preshipment inspection
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Enter into force on 1 January 2016
Keywords
Soil
Ozone
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/AUS/8 Australia 2016
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Environmental protection from pests and diseases, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
Export licences, Import licences, Quarantine…
Export licences, Import licences, Quarantine requirements
 Agriculture, Fisheries, Other
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity…
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act); the Quarantine Act 1908: Quarantine Regulations and Quarantine Proclamation; Quarantine Act 1908: Quarantine Regulations 2000; Sections of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (PI Regulations)
Environment related objective
The EPBC Act seeks to implement Australia’s obligations under CITES, by regulating international trade in wildlife and wildlife products, to contribute to the protection and conservation of species that are endangered, or could become endangered;

The quarantine legislation is to manage the risk of introduction of exotic pests and diseases associated with importation for the purpose of protecting plant, animal and human health and the environment; and to protect the Australian environment against further establishment of pest species of plants and animals
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act); the Quarantine Act 1908: Quarantine Regulations and Quarantine Proclamation; Quarantine Act 1908: Quarantine Regulations 2000; Sections of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (PI Regulations)
Live animals and plants; Non-live animal and plant specimens, including parts and derivatives, of species listed under CITES; all plants, parts of plants and plant products, all animals (including birds, fish and insects), animal products, soil and other items of general quarantine concern; fish caught by foreign based fishing vessels; and Patagonian and Antarctic Toothfish; raw tobacco and certain plant material containing drugs
Type of measure
Export licences; Import licences; Quarantine requirements
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Environment
Bio
Conservation
Wildlife
Endangered
Fish
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/AUS/8 Australia 2016
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Import licences Mining
The Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956…
The Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (PI Regulations)
Environment related objective
To reduce and prevent occupational and environmental exposures to asbestos fibres
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (PI Regulations)
Any of the following fibrous forms of mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of rock-forming minerals:

(a) actinolite asbestos;
(b) amosite (brown asbestos);
(c) anthophyllite asbestos;
(d) chrysotile (white asbestos);
(e) crocidolite (blue asbestos);
(f) tremolite asbestos.

(Actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, crocidolite and tremolite asbestos are also under the coverage of the Rotterdam Convention)
Type of measure
Import licences

Under the PI Regulations 1956, the import of asbestos, or goods containing asbestos, is prohibited unless:
(a) The asbestos or goods are hazardous waste as defined in Section 4 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Ac; (b) The goods are raw materials containing naturally occurring traces of amphibole asbestos; or
(c) Permission has been granted by the Minister administering the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, to import chrysotile asbestos for research, analysis or display, or to import amphibole asbestos; or
(d) The asbestos or goods are imported from the Australian Antarctic Territory (chrysotile only); or
(e) The import is of a ship or resources installation that contains in situ amphibole asbestos or chrysotile (installed or affixed before 1 January 2005).
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Environment
Hazardous
Waste
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/AUS/8 Australia 2016 Animal protection Import licences Manufacturing
Cat and dog fur products The importation of cat…
Cat and dog fur products

The importation of cat and dog fur and goods made from or using cat or dog fur is prohibited under provisions of the Customs Act 1901 and the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (PI Regulations) unless the permission of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, or an authorised person, has been obtained.
Environment related objective
To address animal welfare concerns by prohibiting the importation of cat and dog fur products
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Cat and dog fur products

The importation of cat and dog fur and goods made from or using cat or dog fur is prohibited under provisions of the Customs Act 1901 and the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (PI Regulations) unless the permission of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, or an authorised person, has been obtained.
The pelt or hair of the species canisfamiliairis; The pelt or hair of the species feliscatus; and Goods consisting, in whole or part, of dog fur and hair or cat fur and hair or both.
Type of measure
Import licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Wildlife
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/AUS/8 Australia 2016
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Import licences Other
Environment Protection and Biodiversity…
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000

CETACEANS (WHALES, DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES)
Environment related objective
To ensure that trade is not detrimental to the survival of the species, and thereby contribute to the conservation of cetaceans
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000

CETACEANS (WHALES, DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES)
Cetaceans (Whale, dolphin and porpoise products)
Type of measure
Import licences

The only circumstances in which cetacean imports are allowed are:

• Appendix I listed non-live specimens may only be moved internationally in the following circumstances: (i) if the specimen was taken from the animal prior to that spec; (ii) scientific research purposes; (iii) educational purposes; and (iv) exhibition purposes.

• Live Appendix I-listed specimens may only be moved internationally for conservation breeding purposes, research and education purposes unless the specimen originated from a CITES registered commercial captive breeding pr
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Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Endangered
Conservation
Environment
Bio
MEAs
Wildlife
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/AUS/8 Australia 2016
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Import licences Chemicals
Regulation 5J of the the Customs (Prohibited…
Regulation 5J of the the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (PI Regulations) made under the Customs Act 1901
Environment related objective
To ensure minimum environmental risk at every stage in the transportation and destruction of munitions
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Regulation 5J of the the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (PI Regulations) made under the Customs Act 1901
Chemical weapons, chemicals and their precursors (toxic chemicals listed in Part 2 and 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC))
Type of measure
Import licences
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Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/AUS/8 Australia 2016
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
 Other
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and…
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 (the Act) and associated regulations

The regulatory framework implements Australia's obligations under the Basel Convention for the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal (Basel Convention), as well as the following related agreements and arrangements concerning the transboundary movement of hazardous and other waste:
- the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Council Decision C (2001) 107 FINAL, as amended by C(2004)20;
- the Waigani Convention (Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region); and
- a bilateral arrangement between Australia and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor.
Environment related objective
To ensure that hazardous waste is managed in an environmentally sound manner to protect human beings and the environment, within and outside Australia

- The permit system ensures that Australia's international obligations concerning the transboundary movement, for environmentally sound and safe management of hazardous and other waste, are upheld.
- To that effect, the Basel Convention provides that trans boundary movements of hazardous and other wastes is to be reduced to the minimum consistent with the environmentally sound and efficient management of such wastes.
- Complementary to this, the OECD Council Decision controls the transboundary movements of hazardous and other wastes destined for recycling and/or recovery operations within the OECD area in view of member countries having established infrastructure.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 (the Act) and associated regulations

The regulatory framework implements Australia's obligations under the Basel Convention for the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal (Basel Convention), as well as the following related agreements and arrangements concerning the transboundary movement of hazardous and other waste:
- the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Council Decision C (2001) 107 FINAL, as amended by C(2004)20;
- the Waigani Convention (Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region); and
- a bilateral arrangement between Australia and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor.
The export from, import into, or transit through, Australia of hazardous and other wastes, which are determined by category and characteristics listed in the schedules of the Basel Convention, Waigani Convention, and OECD Council Decision
Type of measure
Export licences; Import licences; and regulation on transit
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
Waste
Environment
Recycle
MEAs