INF/TE/IDP/W/7  
 
13 May 2022  
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 Original: English  
 
INFORMAL DIALOGUE ON PLASTIC S POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE 
PLASTICS TRADE (IDP)  
DRAFT QUESTIONS FOR A PROPOSED SURVEY ON TRADE -RELATED MEASURES ON PLASTICS 
POLLUTION  
The following communication, dated 13 May 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegations of Australia, Barbados, China, Ecuador, Fiji and Morocco (IDP Coordinators ). 
 
 
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The draft questions below would be transposed to an onlin e format for completion.  
 
Question 1.  
What is the title of the measure/policy?   
  
  
Please provide a description of the measure/policy.   
  
  
Question 2.  
Type of measure(s) covered by the policy (check those that apply) . 
Options  Response  
Sustainability Requirement (e.g. Product/production specifications, 
voluntary/mandatory, characteristics/performance, labelling, quotas, bans)    
Pricing and Market Mechanisms (e.g. Environmental taxes)    
Support and financial programmes (e.g. Research and development, fiscal, price 
and investment measures, government procurement)    
Other (please elaborate)    
Question 3.  
What is the objective of the policy measure? (please elaborate) . 
 
Please select from the list below, the objective(s) that is applicable to the 
policy/measure (check those that apply) .  
Options  Response  
recycling    
reuse and remanufacturing    
eco-designing    
single-use plastic s   INF/TE/IDP/W/7  
 
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  waste management (including its trans -boundary movement) and leakage 
avoidance     
promotion of alternatives and substitutes    
chemical, toxic, and hazardous substances management    
promotion of waste management and other technologies    
other (please elaborate)    
Question 4.  
At which stage in value chain life cycle is the policy measure for? (check those that 
apply) . 
Options  Response  
plastic feedstock    
primary plastics    
plastic -based inputs and intermediate forms    
finished goods and manufacturing    
packaging materials    
plastic use    
waste and scrap  (including its trans -boundary movement)    
recycling    
other (please elaborate)    
Question 5.  
Which products/services are covered?   
 
Question 6.  
Please mention the relevant HS /ICS Codes (if applicable) . 
 
Question 7.  
When was/is the policy intended to enter into force?  
 
Question 8. (optional)  
What challenges or needs were faced, or are expected to be faced, for the successful 
implementation of the policy?   
  
Please select from the list below, the challenges or needs that apply to the 
policy/measure (check those that apply) . 
Options  Response  
access to technology    
technical assistance on policy development    
technical assistance on policy implementation (e.g. market surveillance)    
certification, testing and metrology    
customs challenges    
financial and investment assistance    
domestic private sector engagement    
domestic civil society engagement    INF/TE/IDP/W/7  
 
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  cooperation from exporting countries    
cooperation from value chain actors (incl. exporters)    
regional cooperation    
Other (please elaborate)    
Question 9.  
Are there mechanisms in place to assess the measure's efficacy and/or efficiency and 
targeted results? If so, are there any results already identified (e.g. variation in 
targeted plastics and/or wastes volumes, variation in plastic waste mismanagement, 
variation in trade in targeted goods/services…)?  
  
Question 10.  
Please provide a link to the legal text(s) and/or other information on the policy . 
  
 
 
 
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