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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/THA/2 | Thailand | 2018 | Natural resources conservation | Export licences | Other | 27. Non-automatic licensing on exports of Mineral…
27. Non-automatic licensing on exports of Mineral composed of natural sand
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/AUS/10 | Australia | 2018 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
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Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
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Other | 12. Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and…
12. 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. |
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CHE/14 | Switzerland | 2018 | Plant protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Plant protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Sustainable forestry management, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Export licences, Import licences | Forestry | 4. Authorizations for import and export of forest…
4. Authorizations for import and export of forest reproductive material
A licence application will be refused if it fails to meet the specific criteria set out in Article III of CITES |
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CUB/9 | Cuba | 2018 | Animal protection, Plant protection, Biodiversity…
Animal protection, Plant protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Export licences, Import licences | Other | 1.1. Export and import permits are required for…
1.1. Export and import permits are required for all species listed in the Appendices to CITMA Resolution No. 160/11 - "Regulations for the control and protection of species of special significance for biological diversity in the country" as well as species included in the three appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CUB/9 | Cuba | 2018 | Other environmental risks mitigation,…
Other environmental risks mitigation, Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Export licences, Import licences, Technical…
Export licences, Import licences, Technical regulation or specifications
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Other | 1.2 The National Centre for Biological Safety …
1.2 The National Centre for Biological Safety (CNSB), as the regulatory centre of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), is responsible for, inter alia, granting licences for the use, testing, production, release, importation and exportation of, and research into, biological agents and their products, and organisms and parts thereof containing genetic information, in the national territory, and at the various stages of the construction of facilities posing a biological risk. This procedure is in conformity with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.
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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
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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.
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/MNE/2 | Montenegro | 2018 | MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
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Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
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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.
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/MNE/2 | Montenegro | 2018 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
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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).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/MNE/2 | Montenegro | 2018 | MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
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Export licences, Import licences, Import quotas | Chemicals, Manufacturing | Permits for import/export of ozone depleted…
Permits for import/export of ozone depleted substances and alternative substances are issued in accordance with the Law on air protection (OG MNE, No. 25/10, 40/11, 43/15) and the Decree on ozone depleted substances and alternative substances (OG MNE, No. 5/11). Also, on 23 October 2006 Montenegro ratified by means of succession the Vienna Convention on ozone layer protection, the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleted substances and the Amendments to the Montreal Protocol. One of the obligations under the Montreal protocol was to establish import/export licences to control consumption of ozone depleted substances. Montenegro operated under Article 5 of Montreal protocol and it is in compliance with the provisions of the Protocol. Imports of ozone depleted substances (ODS) are under the quota system. Procedure for quota system for import of the ozone depleted substances are prescribed by the Decree on ozone depleted substances and alternative substances ("OG MNE", No. 5/11).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/RUS/4 | Russian Federation | 2018 | MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
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Export licences, Import licences, Import quotas | Chemicals | 1. Ozone depleting substances - The Russian…
1. Ozone depleting substances - The Russian Federation manages its obligations for ozone depleting substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer through the List of Goods that are subject of import/export prohibitions or restrictions from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in trade with third countries (Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) No 30 of 21.04.2015, as last amended on 13.12.2017, 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.
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