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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT1 
TONGA  
The following notification , dated 28 July 2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
Tonga . 
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EXPLOSIVES ACT [CAP.7.05]  
 Category  Notification details  
1 Notifying Member  Tonga  
2 Title of new legislation/  
procedure  Explosives Act [CAP.7.05]  
3 Date of Publication  31 January 1972  
4 Date of entry into force  31 January 1972  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure   
Explosives Act (ago.g ov.to)  
 
6 Have you attached a copy 
of the regulation (PDF) to 
the Secretariat   Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
 No. 
7 Type of notification   (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2;  
 
 (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been previously 
notified in document: ______________; ( please answer question 15 
and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing  Gunpowder, nitro -glycerine, dynamite, guncotton, blasting powders, 
fulminate of mercury or of other metals, coloured fires, and every other 
substance, whether similar to those abovementioned or not, used or 
manufactured with a view to produce a practical e ffect by explosion or 
a pyrotechnic effect; and includes fog -signals, fireworks, fuses, 
rockets, percussion caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all 
descriptions, and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as 
above defined.  
9 Nature of li censing  Automatic:  
 
Non-Automatic:  
 
1 It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under 
Article  1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure notified for by filling this form 
in a full and complete manner.  
2 "New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or 
procedure, and those wh ich are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.  
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   Category  Notification details  
10 Administrative 
purpose/measure being 
implemented  (a)  Protect public morals;  
(b)  Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect 
environment;  
(c)  Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;  
(d)  Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and 
the prevention of deceptive practices;  
(e)  Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other 
international treaties ( i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, 
Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)  
(f)  Quota (including TRQ) administration;  
(g)  Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable 
materials and safeguard national security;  
(h)  Other: ______________ (please specify)  
11 Administrative body(ies) 
for submission of 
applications   
 Ministr y/authority and Department: Minister 's Office/Tonga Police  
Address:  Tonga Police Headquarters, Maui Kisikisi Rd, Longolongo, 
Tongatapu, Tonga.  
Website:  NA 
Telephone: (+676) 7401611  
E-Mail: folola.vaikona@police.gov.to   
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministr y/authority and Department:  Armoury/Tonga Police  
Address: Tonga Police Training College, Maui Kisikisi Rd, Longolongo, 
Tongatapu, Tonga  
Website: NA 
Telephone: (+676) 7401600  
E-Mail: eliki.tomu@police.gov.to   
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure  Ongoing  
 
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages   This Act is to repeal the Explosives Substances Act and to make better 
provision for the regulation, use, possession, transport, manufacture, 
sale, storage, import and export of explosives.  
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification of specific details in existing  
procedures:  
 Product coverage;  
 Administrative purpose;  
 Automatic or Non -automatic;  
 Duration of licensing;  
 Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;  
 Eligibility of applicants;  
 Contact information on eligibility;  
 Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;  
 Documentation requirements (including application form);  
 Period for Application;  
 Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;  
 Processing time for issuing licence;  
 Licence fee/administrative charge;  
 Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;  
 Appeal regulations/procedures;  
 Validity of licence;  
 Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, 
penalty of non -use etc.);  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: __________ (please specify).  
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   Category  Notification details  
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one 
of the WTO official 
languages)   
 
 
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