New Zealand #6334 (v.2)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
22/12/2022 - present
Current active version v.2
Reporting member
New Zealand
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Conditional prohibition on the exportation of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs)
National legal basis
Imports and Exports (Living Modified Organisms) Prohibition Order 2005
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2005/0012/latest/DLM311538.html
Administrative mechanism
Approval from the Ministry for the Environment, delegated to the Ministry for Primary Industries is required under the Imports and Exports (Living Modified Organisms) Prohibition Order 2005 to export LMOs.
Responsible entities
Ministry for the Environment
HS version
HS 2022
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 - necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health
Non-WTO commitments
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
CP-X
Symbol
CP-X

Tariff lines

Various
Living modified organism is any living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic materi...