G/MA/QR/N/USA/5/Add.2  
16 septembre  2021 
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Comité de l'accès aux marchés  Original:  anglais  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PRÉSENTÉE CONFORMÉMENT À LA DÉCISION SUR  
LES PROCÉDURES DE NOTIFICATION DES RESTRICTIONS  
QUANTITATIVES (G/L/59/REV.1)  
ÉTATS-UNIS 
Addendum  
La communication ci -après, datée du 13 septembre  2021, est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation des États -Unis. 
 
A. Membre notifiant: États-Unis 
B. Date de la notification: 13 septembre  2021 
C. Première notification:  
 Oui 
 Non, dernière notification présentée dans le document : G/MA/QR/N/USA/5 /Add.1 . 
D. Type de notification:  
 1. Complète ( c'est-à-dire notification de toutes les restrictions quantitatives en vigueur ) 
 2. Modificatio ns apportées à une notification faite précédemment 
(G/MA/QR/N/USA/5 /Add.1 ) qui sont de la nature suivante : 
  2.1 Introduction de nouvelles restrictions, telles qu'énumérées dans la section 1. 
  2.2 Suppression de restrictions  tel qu'indiqué plus bas dans la section G. 
  2.3 Modification d'une  restriction notifiée précédemment, tel qu'indiqué dans la  
  section  1. 
 3. Notification inverse de restrictions maintenues par  (Membre ): 
E. La notification contient des renseignements pour la période biennale (par 
exemple 2012 -2014 ): 2020-2022 et concerne des restrictions en vigueur depuis le 
7 avril 2020; des modifications ont été apportées le 10 août 2020 et à nouveau le 
31 décembre 2020.  
F. La présente notification contient les renseignements * ci-après:  
 Section 1:  Liste des restrictions quantitatives actuellement en vigueur . 
 Section 2:  Renvoi à d'autres notifications adressées à l'OMC et contenant des 
renseignements sur des restrictions quantitatives actuellement en vigueur, et 
renseignements additionnels . 
 
* En anglais seulement.  G/MA/QR/N/USA/5/Add.2  
 
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  G. Observations générales, y compris description de la suppression de restrictions 
notifiées au titre du point D.2.2 et date à laquelle elles ont cessé d'être 
appliquées.  
 Les États-Unis notifient la prorogation d'une mesure préalablement notifiée  en lien avec la 
pandémie de COVID -19. La mesure est arrivée à expiration le 1er juillet 2021.   
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- 3 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
 
QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary export 
authorization for certain 
health and medical 
resources  NAL-X ex 
6307.90.9995  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex 
6307.90.9995  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (a)  Surgical N -95 
Filtering Facepiece 
Respirators, including 
devices that are 
disposable half -face-
piece non -powered air -
purifying particulate 
respirators intended for 
use to cover the nose 
and mouth of the 
wearer to help reduce 
wearer exposure to 
pathogenic biological 
airborne particulates;  
 
(b)  PPE surgical masks 
as described by 21 CFR 
878.4040,  including 
masks that cover the 
user's nose and mouth 
providing a physical 
barrier to fluids and 
particulate materials, 
that meet fluid barrier 
protection standards 
pursuant to — Protection of human 
life or health and 
essential security 
interests, inter alia  Federal Emergency 
Management Agency 
(FEMA), “Temporary 
Final Rule on the 
Prioritization and 
Allocation of Certain 
Scarce and Critical Health 
and Medical Resources 
for Domestic Use.”  
 
Published December 31, 
2020 in 85 FR 86835.  
 
Available at:  
https://www.govinfo.gov
/content/pkg/FR -2020-
12-31/pdf/2020 -
29060.pdf  
  This was a temporary 
measure covering 
certain health and 
medical resources 
essential to combatting 
the COVID -19 
pandemic.   
 
The temporary 
measure was in place 
from 7 April 2020 with 
subsequent 
modifications on 
10 August 2020 and 
31 December 2020.  
The measure expired 
1 July 2021.   
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex 
4015.11.0100  
ex 
4015.19.0002  
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex 6210.10  
ex 6210.40  
ex 6210.50  
 
 
 
 
 (i) ASTM F 1862; 
and 
 
(ii) Class I or Class 
II flammability  
tests under CPSC CS 
191–53, NFPA  
Standard 702 –1980, 
or UL 2154 
standards;  
 
(c)  PPE nitrile gloves, 
specifically those 
defined at 21 CFR 
880.6250 (exam 
gloves) and 878.4460 
(surgical gloves) and 
such nitrile gloves 
intended for the same 
purposes;  
 
(d) Level 3 and 4 
Surgical Gowns and  
Surgical Isolation 
Gowns that meet all of  
the requirements in 
ANSI/AAMI PB70  
and ASTM F2407 –06 
and are classified   
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- 5 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
 
 
 
 
 
ex 9018.31  
ex 9018.32  by Surgical Gown 
Barrier Performance  
based on AAMI PB70; 
and 
 
(e) Syringes and 
hypodermic needles 
(whether distributed 
separately or attached 
together) that are 
either:  
(i) Piston syringes 
that allow for the 
controlled and 
precise flow of 
liquid as described 
by 21 CFR  
880.5860, that are 
comp liant with ISO 
7886–1:2017 and 
use only Current 
Good 
Manufacturing 
Practices (CGMP) 
processes; or  
 
(ii) Hypodermic 
single lumen 
needles that have   
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- 6 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    engineered sharps 
injury protections as 
described in the 
Needlestick Safety and 
Prevention Act, Pub. L. 
106–430, 114 Stat. 
1901 (Nov. 6, 2000).     
 
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