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Table 3.10 Prohibitions, restrictions, or licensing on exports, 2023
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Product: Controlled products containing ozone depleting substances
Measure: Prohibition/Restriction/non-automatic licensing
Rationale: Montreal Protocol
Legislation: Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance, Cap. 403 and its subsidiary regulations
Administration: Air Science and Modelling Group, Environmental Protection Department (EPD); Rough Diamonds and Ozone Depleting Substances Licensing Unit, Trade and Industry Department (TID)
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Table 3.10 Prohibitions, restrictions, or licensing on exports, 2023
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Product: Non-pesticide hazardous chemicals
Measure: Prohibition/Restriction/non-automatic licensing
Rationale: Article XX(b) of the GATT 1994; Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Legislation: Hazardous Chemicals Control Ordinance, Cap. 595 and its subsidiary regulations; Import/Export Ordinance (Cap. 60) and its subsidiary regulations
Administration: Air Science and Modelling Group, Environmental Protection Department (EPD); Rough Diamonds and Ozone Depleting Substances Licensing Unit, Trade and Industry Department (TID)
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Table 3.10 Prohibitions, restrictions, or licensing on exports, 2023
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Product: Endangered animal and plant species
Measure: Prohibition/Restriction/non-automatic licensing
Rationale: Article XX(b) of the GATT 1994; CITES
Legislation: Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance (Cap. 586)
Administration: Endangered Species Protection Division, AFCD[Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
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Table 3.10 Prohibitions, restrictions, or licensing on exports, 2023
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Product: Mercury, mercury mixtures and mercury added products
Measure: Non-automatic licensing
Rationale:Article XX(b) of the GATT 1994; Minamata Convention on Mercury
Legislation: Mercury Control Ordinance (Cap. 640)
Administration: Territorial Control Office, EPD[Environmental Protection Department]
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Table 3.10 Prohibitions, restrictions, or licensing on exports, 2023
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Product: Wastes
Measure: Prohibition/restriction
Rationale: Article XX(b) of the GATT 1994; Basel Convention for the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal
Legislation: Waste Disposal Ordinance, Cap. 354 and its subsidiary regulations
Administration: Territorial Control Office, EPD[Environmental Protection Department]
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Table 3.10 Prohibitions, restrictions, or licensing on exports, 2023
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Product: Pesticides
Measure: Non-automatic licensing
Rationale: Article XX(b) of the GATT 1994; The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Legislation: Import and Export Ordinance, Cap. 60 and its subsidiary regulations; Pesticides Ordinance, Cap. 133
Administration: Plant and Pesticides Regulatory Division, AFCD; Rough Diamonds and Ozone Depleting Substances Licensing Unit, TID[Trade and Industry Department]
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Table 3.12 WTO notifications on subsidies, 2023
Programme: Fisheries Development Loan Fund
Policy objective:To promote more sustainable fisheries, develop aquaculture, and support those impacted by trawl ban
Who receives assistance: Hong Kong, China residents and owners of local fishing vessels or fish collectors with valid licences for operations, or registered cooperative societies/companies
Amount: HKD 10,370,000
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Table 3.12 WTO notifications on subsidies, 2023
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Programme: Fish Marketing Organization Loan Fund
Policy objective:To meet the operational and sustainable development needs of fishers
Who receives assistance: Members of a registered cooperative society, a registered fishing company, or local fishers with valid fishing vessel licences
Amount: HKD 85,504,000 (one year loans)
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Table 3.12 WTO notifications on subsidies, 2023
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Programme: Sustainable Fisheries Development Fund
Policy objective: To foster sustainable development of the fisheries industry
Who receives assistance: Companies or bodies corporate incorporated in Hong Kong, China with a close connection to the fisheries industry; local academic and research institutions
Amount: HKD 12,971,000
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Table 3.13 Anti-epidemic Fund
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Round: 5
Selected trade-related measures: (...) ; and Green Lifestyle Local Tour Incentive Scheme; (...)
Date: 14 February 2022
Amount:HKD 3.57 billion
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