WTO Quantitative Restrictions

Norway #707 (v.2)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
30/03/2021 - 01/01/2025
Old version v.2
Reporting member
Norway
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Banning of the exports of metallic mercury and certain mercury compounds and mixtures and the safe storage of metallic mercury.
National legal basis
Regulation relating to the amendment of the regulations on the recycling and treatment of wasteshttps://lovdata.no/dokument/LTI/forskrift/2013-10-14-1237 (only in Norwegian)This regulation implements the EU Regulation No 1102/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 – O.J. L 304; 14.11.2008 banning exports of metallic mercuryhttp://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:304:0075:0079:EN:PDFThis regulation entered into force 14 October 2013
Administrative mechanism
Responsible entities
Ministry of Climate and Environment
HS version
HS 2022
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Meta data

WTO justifications

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

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: GATT 1994 Art. XX(b)
Non-WTO commitments

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Reported as: Minamata Convention on Mercury inter alia
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
CP-X
Symbol
CP-X

Tariff lines
285210
28.52.1000
MercuryOtherContaining arsenic; mercury; thallium or their mixtures; of a kind used for the extracti...
285290
28.52.9000
MercuryOtherContaining arsenic; mercury; thallium or their mixtures; of a kind used for the extracti...