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Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/RUS/1 Russian Federation 2014
Ozone layer protection, MEAs implementation and…
Ozone layer protection, MEAs implementation and compliance
Ban/Prohibition, Import quotas, Not specified,…
Ban/Prohibition, Import quotas, Not specified, Other environmental requirements
 Chemicals
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM -…
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The Russian Federation manages its obligations for ozone depleting substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer through the Common List of Goods that are subject of import/export prohibitions or restrictions from the part of CU members within the framework of Eurasian Economic Community in trade with third countries (2012) (Annex 2.1). The import, export and manufacture of the ozone depleting substances is prohibited under the Montreal Protocol except where an essential or critical use exemption has been granted by the parties to the Montreal Protocol. The Russian Federation’s Montreal Protocol obligations are implemented through a system of licensing and quota restrictions on ozone depleting substances
Environment related objective
To manage ozone depleting substances and products containing them and to comply with the Montreal Protocol
Measure description Coverage of the measure
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The Russian Federation manages its obligations for ozone depleting substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer through the Common List of Goods that are subject of import/export prohibitions or restrictions from the part of CU members within the framework of Eurasian Economic Community in trade with third countries (2012) (Annex 2.1). The import, export and manufacture of the ozone depleting substances is prohibited under the Montreal Protocol except where an essential or critical use exemption has been granted by the parties to the Montreal Protocol. The Russian Federation’s Montreal Protocol obligations are implemented through a system of licensing and quota restrictions on ozone depleting substances
Ozone Depleting Substances
Type of measure
import/export prohibitions or restrictions; Import quotas; regulation of consumption and turnover of ozone depleting substances
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
MEAs
Soil
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/RUS/1 Russian Federation 2014
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Import licences Agriculture, Chemicals
PLANT PROTECTION CHEMICALS - Import of…
PLANT PROTECTION CHEMICALS - Import of unregistered plant protection mea ns samples for the registration and production tests and researches, as well as limited number of unregistered plant protection mea ns for elimination of newly detected quarantine pest hotbeds is carried out without a license by presentation of the conclusion of the Russian Federation executive authority, exercising state registration of plant protection mea ns, about the appropriateness of import with indication of plant protection mea ns names, quantity, preparation form, rate of application, concentration, packaging, factory name and country of origin (the Common List of Goods that are subject of import/export prohibitions or restrictions from the part of CU members within the framework of Eurasian Economic Community in trade with third countries (2012), Annex 2.2)
Environment related objective
Non-automatic import licensing is for the purpose of administering import restrictions maintained to protect human, animal or plant life or health.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
PLANT PROTECTION CHEMICALS - Import of unregistered plant protection mea ns samples for the registration and production tests and researches, as well as limited number of unregistered plant protection mea ns for elimination of newly detected quarantine pest hotbeds is carried out without a license by presentation of the conclusion of the Russian Federation executive authority, exercising state registration of plant protection mea ns, about the appropriateness of import with indication of plant protection mea ns names, quantity, preparation form, rate of application, concentration, packaging, factory name and country of origin (the Common List of Goods that are subject of import/export prohibitions or restrictions from the part of CU members within the framework of Eurasian Economic Community in trade with third countries (2012), Annex 2.2)
Plant protection chemicals
Type of measure
Import licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
Wildlife
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/RUS/1 Russian Federation 2014
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Waste management and recycling, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Ban/Prohibition, Not specified Not specified
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The Russian…
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The Russian Federation manages its obligations for hazardous waste controlled by the Basel Convention for the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal (Basel Convention) through the Common List of Goods that are subject of import/export prohibitions or restrictions from the part of CU members within the framework of Eurasian Economic Community in trade with third countries (2012) (Annex 2.3).
Environment related objective
To ensures that Russian Federation’s commitments as a party to the Basel Convention are upheld; To reduce the minimum consistent with the environmentally sound and efficient management of such waste s and to be conducted in such a manner which will protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from such movement.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The Russian Federation manages its obligations for hazardous waste controlled by the Basel Convention for the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal (Basel Convention) through the Common List of Goods that are subject of import/export prohibitions or restrictions from the part of CU members within the framework of Eurasian Economic Community in trade with third countries (2012) (Annex 2.3).
Hazardous Waste
Type of measure
import/export prohibitions or restrictions
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/RUS/1 Russian Federation 2014
Animal protection, Plant protection, MEAs…
Animal protection, Plant protection, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Ban/Prohibition, Import licences, Export licences Other
Federal Law № 52-FZ of 24.04.1995 "On…
Federal Law № 52-FZ of 24.04.1995 "On Wildlife "; RF Government Resolution № 337 of 04.05.2008 (as amended on 28.01.2012) "On measures to ensure fulfilment of the obligations of the Russian Federation under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, on 3 March 1973, in respect of species of wild fauna and flora, endangered, except sturgeon"
Environment related objective
To protect endangered species
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Federal Law № 52-FZ of 24.04.1995 "On Wildlife "; RF Government Resolution № 337 of 04.05.2008 (as amended on 28.01.2012) "On measures to ensure fulfilment of the obligations of the Russian Federation under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, on 3 March 1973, in respect of species of wild fauna and flora, endangered, except sturgeon"
All live animals and plants listed under CITES
Type of measure
Import licences; Export licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/RUS/1 Russian Federation 2014
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Import licences, Export licences Chemicals
RF Government Resolution № 278 of 16.03.1996 …
RF Government Resolution № 278 of 16.03.1996 "On procedures of importation and exportation of toxic substances except for precursors of the drugs and substances with psychotropic effects"
Environment related objective
To control the turnover of toxic substances of different origins for protection of human, animal or plant life or health.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
RF Government Resolution № 278 of 16.03.1996 "On procedures of importation and exportation of toxic substances except for precursors of the drugs and substances with psychotropic effects"
Toxic substances
Type of measure
Import licences; Export licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/TTO/11 Trinidad and Tobago 2014 Ozone layer protection Import licences Chemicals Legal Notice 151 of 2013
Environment related objective
To protect the ozone layer
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Legal Notice 151 of 2013
Ozone depleting substances
Type of measure
Import licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Soil
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/TUR/13 Türkiye 2014
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and…
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
 Ban/Prohibition, Import licences, Export licences Other Official Gazette of 27 February 2011 No: 27859 bis
Environment related objective
To protect endangered species
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Official Gazette of 27 February 2011 No: 27859 bis
Species listed on the Foreign Trade Communiqué 2011/1.
Type of measure
Ban; Import licences; Export licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/UKR/7 Ukraine 2014 Ozone layer protection Import licences Chemicals
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine…
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 950 of 25.12.2013
Environment related objective
To protect the ozone layer
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 950 of 25.12.2013
Ozone depleting substances
Type of measure
Import licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Soil
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/USA/11 United States of America 2014
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and…
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
 Ban/Prohibition, Import licences, Export licences Other
Section 412 of the Plant Protection Act, 7 U.S.C…
Section 412 of the Plant Protection Act, 7 U.S.C. 7712
Environment related objective
To protect endangered species
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Section 412 of the Plant Protection Act, 7 U.S.C. 7712
Plants and plant products; Animals and animal products
Type of measure
Ban; Import licences; Export licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/USA/11 United States of America 2014 Sustainable agriculture management Import quotas, Import tariffs Agriculture
Raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ)…
Raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) administration - Additional U.S. note 5 to Chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) established by Presidential Proclamation 6763 of December 1994 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish for each fiscal year the quantity of sugars and syrups that may be entered at the lower tariff rates of tariff-rate quotas. The tariff-rate quotas cover sugars and syrups described in HTS subheadings, 1701.12, 1701.13, 1701.14, 1701.91, 1701.99, 1702.90 and 2106.90. This authority was proclaimed to implement the results of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations as reflected in the provisions of Schedule XX (United States), annexed to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization.

Under the raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) administration, the Secretary of Agriculture establishes the TRQ quantity that can be entered at the lower tier of import duty rates, and the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
Environment related objective
The purpose of the certificate for specialty sugar is to allow entry of certain refined sugars not widely available in the United States at the low-tier tariff rate. These refined sugars fulfil demand in niche markets, such as the ethnic, organic and gourmet markets.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) administration - Additional U.S. note 5 to Chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) established by Presidential Proclamation 6763 of December 1994 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish for each fiscal year the quantity of sugars and syrups that may be entered at the lower tariff rates of tariff-rate quotas. The tariff-rate quotas cover sugars and syrups described in HTS subheadings, 1701.12, 1701.13, 1701.14, 1701.91, 1701.99, 1702.90 and 2106.90. This authority was proclaimed to implement the results of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations as reflected in the provisions of Schedule XX (United States), annexed to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization.

Under the raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) administration, the Secretary of Agriculture establishes the TRQ quantity that can be entered at the lower tier of import duty rates, and the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
Raw Sugar (organic, ethnic)
Type of measure
tariff-rate quota (TRQ)
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Organic