Philippines #772 (v.5)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/PHL/4/Rev.1 05/03/2025
- Version validity
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20/02/2025 -
present
Current active version v.5
- Reporting member
- Philippines
- In force from
- End date
- In force
- General description
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Import prohibition of used clothing and rags
- National legal basis
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Republic Act No. 4653 (An Act to Safeguard the Health of the People and Maintain the Dignity of the Nation by Declaring it a National Policy to Prohibit the Commercial Importation of Textile Articles Commonly Known as Used Clothing and Rags) dated 17 June 1966
(Date of effectivity: n/a) - Administrative mechanism
- Responsible entities
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- HS version
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HS 2022
- Referenced WTO document symbol
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G/LIC/N/3/PHL/12
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: GATT XX (General Exceptions) - (b) 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
- P
| Symbol |
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P
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Tariff lines
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00
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Various
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Used clothing and rags
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630900
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Various including 63.0900
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Used clothing and rags
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6310
|
Various including 63.10ex
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Used clothing and rags
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