New Zealand #4494 (v.6)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/NZL/7 29/07/2025
- Version validity
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31/10/2024 -
present
Current active version v.6
- Reporting member
- New Zealand
- In force from
- End date
- In force
- General description
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Conditional prohibition on the importation and exportation of persistent organic pollutants
- National legal basis
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Entry into Force: 10 June 1996
Imports: Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1996/0030/latest/DLM381222.html
Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2004/0202/latest/DLM271701.html
- Administrative mechanism
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Specific exemptions exist when imports or exports are in conformity with the Stockholm Convention, and a permit must be obtained. Administered by the Environmental Protection Authority.
- Responsible entities
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Environmental Protection Authority
- HS version
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HS 2022
- Referenced WTO document symbol
Meta data
- WTO justifications
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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 – necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health. - Non-WTO commitments
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Stockholm Convention
Reported as: Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. - Affected partners
- Non-affected partners
Measures
- Reported restrictions
- CP , CP-X
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CP
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CP-X
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Tariff lines
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29
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Various from Chapter 29
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Persistent organic pollutants as covered by the Stockholm Convention http://chm.pops.int/Convention/...
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