Montenegro #3499 (v.3)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
26/09/2023 - present
Current active version v.3
Reporting member
Montenegro
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Import of hazardous waste is prohibited
National legal basis
Law on waste management
("Official Gazette of Montenegro" No. 64/11 and No. 39/16).

Decision on amending Control list for export and import of goods ("Official Gazette of Montenegro" No. 55/23).
Administrative mechanism
Environmental
Protection Agency
(Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism)

It is forbidden to import non-hazardous waste for the purpose of disposal and use as a fuel or otherwise for the production of energy
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
Non-WTO commitments

Basel Convention

Reported as: Basel convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
P
Symbol
P

Tariff lines

Various
European waste catalogue (EWC) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02000D...