Australia #3345 (v.2)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
30/09/2020 - 28/09/2022
Old version v.2
Reporting member
Australia
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Ozone depleting substances and Synthetic Greenhouse Gases
National legal basis
The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989; Regulation 13F of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958; Regulation 5K of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.
Administrative mechanism
The exportation of certain ODS and SGG and equipment is prohibited unless a licence has been granted. A license is required to export ODS and SGG and can be granted by an authorised person at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, as a delegate of the responsible Minister.

The importation of certain ODS and SGG is prohibited unless a licence has been granted. A license is required to import ODS and SGG and can be granted by an authorised person at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, as a delegate of the responsible Minister.
Responsible entities
HS version
HS 2017
Referenced WTO document symbol

Meta data

WTO justifications

XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Article XX(b) of the GATT; Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol); the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Non-WTO commitments

Montreal Protocol

Reported as: Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol)

UN Convention on Climate Change

Reported as: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
NAL; NAL-x
Symbol
NAL
NAL-X

Tariff lines

Various
including
290314
2903.14
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290319
2903.19
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290339
2903.39
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290371
2903.71
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290372
2903.72
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290373
2903.73
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290374
2903.74
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290375
2903.75
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290376
2903.76
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290377
2903.77
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290378
2903.78
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
290379
2903.79,
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
382471
3824.71
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...
382474
3824.74
Chemicals including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); halons carbon tetrachloride; methyl chloroform; hydr...