G/MA/QR/N/HKG/5/Add.1  
12 avril 2022 
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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)  
HONG KONG, CHINE 
Addendum  
La communication ci -après, datée du 8 avril 2022, est distribuée à la demande de la délégation de 
Hong Kong, Chine.  
A. Membre notifiant : Hong Kong, Chine  
B. Date de la notification : 25 mars 2022 
C.  Première notification:  
 Oui 
 Non, dernière notification présentée dans le document : G/MA/QR/N/HKG/ 5 
D.  Type de notification : 
 1. Complète (c'est -à-dire notification de toutes les restrictions quantitatives en 
vigueur)  
 2. Modifications apportées à une notification faite précédemment ( G/MA/QR/N/HKG/5 ) 
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 1er décembre  2021 
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'O MC et contenant des 
renseignements sur des restrictions quantitatives actuellement en vigueur, et 
renseignements additionnels.  
 
* En anglais seulement.  G/MA/QR/N/HKG/5/Add.1  
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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.  
 À l'entrée en vigueur de l' Ordonnance sur le contrôle du mercure (chapitre 640) le 
1er décembre 2 021, le point 9 du document G/MA/QR/N/HKG/5 a été remplacé par les 
restrictions quantitatives indiquées dans le présent addendum.    
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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, 
based on 
HS2017 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 
9 Non-automatic 
licence for the 
export of mercury 
or mercury 
mixtures  and  
 
Prohibition of 
import and export 
of certain mercury -
added products  
 NAL-X 
 
 
 
 
P 
P-X 
 
 2805 4000  
2843 9090  
 
 
 
Various, 
including ex 
Ch. 85 and 90  
 Mercury or mercury 
mixtures  
 
 
 
 
Certain mercury -added 
products listed in Part I of 
Annex A of the Minamata 
Convention on Mercury  
 Article  XX(b) of the 
GATT  1994 
Minamata Convention 
on Mercury  Mercury Control 
Ordinance (Cap. 640)  
Date of entry into 
force of this 
restriction:  
1 December  2021 The restriction is 
administered through 
an export licensing 
system and a 
prohibition on an MFN 
basis to protect 
human health and the 
environment.  
Import licensing 
procedures of mercury 
or mercury mixtures 
can be found in 
Section  2.4. 
 
    
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Section  2: Cross-reference to other  WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
This section shall be filled by Members in case a notification made pursuant to another notification requirement ( par exemple set in the Agreement 
on Agriculture, Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, etc.) contains 
information on a quantitative restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.  
1. Agreement on Agriculture  
A. Was a notifi cation made with information on a quantitative restriction ? Yes  No  
B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : N.A 
2. Agreement on Balance of Payments  
A. Was a notification made with informati on on a quantitative restriction ? Yes  No  
B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and includ e any information element missing in the notification:  
3. Agreement on Safeguards  
A. Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction ? Yes  No  
B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:  
 
4. Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non -automatic licences)  
A. Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction ? Yes  No  
B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:  
Document symbol 
of notification  General 
description  Type of 
restr.  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS2017 Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/LIC/N/2/HKG/18 
G/LIC/N/2/HKG/18/
Corr.1  Non-automatic 
licence for the 
import of 
mercury or  
mercury 
mixtures  NAL 2805 4000  
2843 9090  
 Mercury or 
mercury mixtures  Article  XX(b) of the 
GATT  1994 
Minamata 
Convention on 
Mercury  Mercury Control 
Ordinance (Cap. 640)  
Date of entry into 
force of this 
restriction:  
1 December  2021 The restriction is 
administered through 
an import licensing 
system on an MFN 
basis to protect human 
health and the 
environment.    
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5. Other notifications  
A. Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction in other notifications ? Yes  No  
B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification  
 
 
 
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