Nepal #9036 (v.1)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
13/09/2021 - present
Current active version v.1
Reporting member
Nepal
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Import prohibition of certain plastic products
National legal basis
Sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Export Import (Control) Act, 2013 (1957)
Workplan relating to Restriction of Use of Plastic Bags, 2022
Administrative mechanism
Ministry of Forest and Environment
(13 September 2021)
http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/book?ref=24734
Responsible entities
Ministry of Forest and Environment
HS version
HS 2017
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: GATT Article XX(b)
Non-WTO commitments
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
P
Symbol
P

Tariff lines

3923
3923
Plastic bags
3926
3926
plastic bags and sheets having thickness less than forty micron (including production, sales, distri...