New Zealand #4502 (v.5)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/NZL/6 22/12/2022
- Version validity
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22/12/2022 -
31/10/2024
Old version v.5
- 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 hazardous waste and plastic waste
- National legal basis
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From 1 January 2021, new requirements for the trade in certain types of plastic waste came into effect under the Basel Convention.
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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Require consent from 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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- Affected partners
- Non-affected partners
Measures
- Reported restrictions
- NAL
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NAL
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Tariff lines
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Various
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Waste classified as hazardous under the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2)...
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