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Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/IND/17 India 2018
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection, Plant protection, Waste management and recycling
 Import licences, Import quotas Agriculture, Chemicals, Energy, Fisheries, Other Import restrictions on certain products
Environment related objective
To protect the environment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Import restrictions on certain products
Live animals, including fish, planting material (seeds), stones, metal waste, radioactive material, ozone depleting substances, plastic waste, sandalwood, nuclear reactors and parts thereof, and items covered under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) or other similar domestic/international legislation
Type of measure
Import authorization

(A quota is also being maintained on imports of sandalwood under ITC (HS) Code No. 44039922.)
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Endangered
Fish
Hazardous
MEAs
Ozone
Plastic
Waste
Wildlife
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/ISR/4 Israel 2018 General environmental protection Import licences Not specified
The Free Import Order of 2014 (replacing Free…
The Free Import Order of 2014 (replacing Free Import Order of 2012), establishes certain goods subject to import licensing. Import licenses are required for reasons of safety, health, protection of the environment, and security, or to comply with international (non-WTO) commitments.
Environment related objective
Ensure human safety & health and protection of the environment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The Free Import Order of 2014 (replacing Free Import Order of 2012), establishes certain goods subject to import licensing. Import licenses are required for reasons of safety, health, protection of the environment, and security, or to comply with international (non-WTO) commitments.
Various products
Type of measure
Import licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Environment
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17 Japan 2018
MEAs implementation and compliance, Sustainable…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Sustainable fisheries management
 Import licences Fisheries
1.2. Marine products - The METI shall designate…
1.2. Marine products - The METI shall designate and publish a list of items of goods for which import approval must be obtained, to comply with Article 3 of the IMPORT TRADE CONTROL ORDER. A person wishing to import an item published in the above mentioned list shall be subject to import approval for imports provided for in Article 4.
Environment related objective
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.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.2. Marine products - The METI shall designate and publish a list of items of goods for which import approval must be obtained, to comply with Article 3 of the IMPORT TRADE CONTROL ORDER. A person wishing to import an item published in the above mentioned list shall be subject to import approval for imports provided for in Article 4.
(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)
Type of measure
Import approval
 ICS - HS Code
0106
0208
0210
1504
1521
1601
1602
2301
2309
0302
0304
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Fish
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17 Japan 2018
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and…
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
 Import licences Other
7. Wild animals - The METI shall designate and…
7. Wild animals - The METI shall designate and publish a list of items of goods for which import approval must be obtained, to comply with Article 3 of the IMPORT TRADE CONTROL ORDER. A person wishing to import an item published in the above mentioned list shall be subject to import approval for imports provided for in Article 4.
Environment related objective
To comply with obligations under the CITES
Measure description Coverage of the measure
7. Wild animals - The METI shall designate and publish a list of items of goods for which import approval must be obtained, to comply with Article 3 of the IMPORT TRADE CONTROL ORDER. A person wishing to import an item published in the above mentioned list shall be subject to import approval for imports provided for in Article 4.
(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.
Type of measure
Import approval
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
MEAs
Endangered
Wildlife
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17 Japan 2018
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Import licences, Import quotas Chemicals
5. SUBSTANCES WHICH DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER,…
5. SUBSTANCES WHICH DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER, SPECIFIED HAZARDOUS WASTES, WASTE CHEMICAL WEAPONS GOODS - The METI shall designate and publish a list of items of goods for which import approval must be obtained, to comply with Article 3 of the IMPORT TRADE CONTROL ORDER. A person wishing to import an item published in the above mentioned list shall be subject to import approval for imports provided for in Article 4.
Environment related objective
To protect the ozone layer and comply with the Montreal Protocol
Measure description Coverage of the measure
5. SUBSTANCES WHICH DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER, SPECIFIED HAZARDOUS WASTES, WASTE CHEMICAL WEAPONS GOODS - The METI shall designate and publish a list of items of goods for which import approval must be obtained, to comply with Article 3 of the IMPORT TRADE CONTROL ORDER. A person wishing to import an item published in the above mentioned list shall be subject to import approval for imports provided for in Article 4.
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
Type of measure
Import licences and import quotas
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Ozone
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/JPN/17 Japan 2018
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Import licences Chemicals
18　MERCURY - The METI shall designate and…
18　MERCURY - The METI shall designate and publish a list of items of goods for which import approval must be obtained, to comply with Article 3 of the IMPORT TRADE CONTROL ORDER. A person wishing to import an item published in the above mentioned list shall be subject to import approval for imports provided for in Article 4.
Environment related objective
To implement the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Measure description Coverage of the measure
18　MERCURY - The METI shall designate and publish a list of items of goods for which import approval must be obtained, to comply with Article 3 of the IMPORT TRADE CONTROL ORDER. A person wishing to import an item published in the above mentioned list shall be subject to import approval for imports provided for in Article 4.
Mercury (includes mixtures of mercury with other substances (including alloys of mercury), with a mercury concentration of at least 95 per cent by weight) and Mercury-added products listed in Annex A of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Type of measure
Import approval
 ICS - HS Code
2805.40
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/MAC/21 Macao, China 2018
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and…
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
 Export licences, Import licences Other
3.3. This licensing system covers all specimens…
3.3. This licensing system covers all specimens listed in Appendices I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). For imports of animals and plants specified in the CITES Appendices I, II and III, CITES certificates or relevant export licenses issued by exporting countries or territories are required. On the other hand, for specimens of species listed in CITES Appendix III imported directly from countries other than the listing countries, certificates of origin issued by exporting countries or territories could be accepted in lieu.
Environment related objective
To protect endangered species under CITES
Measure description Coverage of the measure
3.3. This licensing system covers all specimens listed in Appendices I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). For imports of animals and plants specified in the CITES Appendices I, II and III, CITES certificates or relevant export licenses issued by exporting countries or territories are required. On the other hand, for specimens of species listed in CITES Appendix III imported directly from countries other than the listing countries, certificates of origin issued by exporting countries or territories could be accepted in lieu.
All specimens listed in Annexes I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Type of measure
Export licences and import licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Endangered
Wildlife
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/MNE/2 Montenegro 2018
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
 Chemicals, Other
Licenses for the transboundary movement of waste …
Licenses for the transboundary movement of waste (import, export and transit) are issued in accordance with the Law on waste management (OG MNE, No. 64/11, 39/16) and Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal (OG FRY International agreements, No. 2/99). The import of hazardous waste is forbidden. The import of non hazardous waste to remove and use as fuel or other means to generate energy is forbidden as well.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment through waste management
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Licenses for the transboundary movement of waste (import, export and transit) are issued in accordance with the Law on waste management (OG MNE, No. 64/11, 39/16) and Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal (OG FRY International agreements, No. 2/99). The import of hazardous waste is forbidden. The import of non hazardous waste to remove and use as fuel or other means to generate energy is forbidden as well.
Waste
Type of measure
Import licences; Export licences; Transit permits
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Waste
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/MNE/2 Montenegro 2018
Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation…
Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Import licences Agriculture, Other
Permits for import of species and their products…
Permits for import of species and their products and derivates are issued in accordance with the Law on nature protection (OG MNE, No. 054/16) and the CITES Convention. By means of succession, on 3 June 2007, Montenegro ratified the CITES Convention. Montenegro operates under Articles 1 to 25 of the CITES Convention and it is in compliance with the CITES provisions.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by protecting endangered and protected species of wild flora and fauna their products and derivates
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Permits for import of species and their products and derivates are issued in accordance with the Law on nature protection (OG MNE, No. 054/16) and the CITES Convention. By means of succession, on 3 June 2007, Montenegro ratified the CITES Convention. Montenegro operates under Articles 1 to 25 of the CITES Convention and it is in compliance with the CITES provisions.
Endangered and protected species of wild flora and fauna theirs products and derivates in accordance with the CITES convention and protected plant, animal and fungus species
Type of measure
Import licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Wildlife
MEAs
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/MNE/2 Montenegro 2018
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
 Chemicals
Permits for free movement of hazardous chemicals…
Permits for free movement of hazardous chemicals and adding the biocide into a temporary list of biocide are issued in accordance with the Law on chemicals (OG MNE, No. 51/17) and the Law on biocidal products ("OG MNE", No. 54/16).
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating chemicals and dangerous substances such as biocides
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Permits for free movement of hazardous chemicals and adding the biocide into a temporary list of biocide are issued in accordance with the Law on chemicals (OG MNE, No. 51/17) and the Law on biocidal products ("OG MNE", No. 54/16).
Chemicals
Type of measure
Import licences; Export licences; Transit permits
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
Bio