G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.1  
14 mai 2020 
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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  mai 2020, est distribuée à la demande de la délégation des 
États-Unis. 
 
A. Membre notifiant:  États-Unis 
B. Date de la notification:  13 mai 2020  
C. Première notification:  
 Oui 
 Non, dernière notification présentée dans le document : G/MA/QR/N/USA/4  
D. Type de notification:  
 1. Complète ( c'est-à-dire no tification de toutes les restrictions quantitatives en vigueur ) 
 2. Modifications apportées à une notification faite précédemme nt (G/MA/QR/N/USA/4 ) qui 
sont de la nature suivante : 
  2.1 Introducti on 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 restricti ons maintenues par (Membre ):  
E. La notification contient des renseignements pour la période biennale (par exemple 
2012 -2014 ): 2018-2020 et concerne des restrictions en vigueur depuis le 
7 avril 2020 
F. La présente notification contient les re nseignements* 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/4/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.  
 Les États-Unis notifient des mesures temporaires en lien avec la pandémie de COVID -19.  
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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  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS  (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation 
or administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comme nts 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary export 
authorization for 
certain personal 
protective equipment 
(PPE)  NAL-X ex 6307.90.9995  
 (a)  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;  
 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 or Threatened 
Health and Medical 
Resources for 
Domestic Use.”  
 
Published 10 April 
2020 in 85 FR 20195.  
 
Available at:  
https://www.govinfo.g
ov/content/pkg/FR -
2020-04-10/pdf/2020 -
07659.pdf  
 
 
Measures effective  
7 April 2020 through 
10 August 2020.   
 Note:  Tariff lines 
provided in column 3 
are export codes 
contained in Schedule 
B: Statistical 
Classification of 
Domestic and Foreign 
Commodities Exported 
from the United States  
 
Tariff codes provided 
are illustrative and 
may not be 
exhaustive.  
   ex 6307.90.9995  
ex 9020.00.8000  
 (b) Other Filtering 
Facepiece Respirators 
(e.g., those designated 
as N99, N100, R95, 
R99, R100, or P95, 
P99, P100), including 
single -use, disposable 
half-mask respiratory 
protective devices that     
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS  (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation 
or administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comme nts 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    cover the user’s airway 
(nose and mouth) and 
offer protection from 
particulate materials at 
an N95 filtration 
efficiency level per 42 
CFR 84.181;  
   
Exemptions noted in 
FEMA, “Prioritization 
and Allocation of 
Certain Scarce or 
Threatened Health and 
Medical Resources for 
Domestic Use; 
Exemptions”  
 
Published 21 April 
2020 in 85 FR 22021.  
 
Available at:  
https://www.govinfo.g
ov/content/pkg/FR -
2020-04-21/pdf/2020 -
08542.pdf   
   ex 9020.00.8000  
 (c)  Elastomeric, air -
purifying respirators 
and appropriate 
particulate 
filters/cartridges;  
   
   ex 6307.90.9995  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex 3926.20.1010  
ex 4015.11.0100  
ex 4015.19.0002 
ex 6116.10.0000  
ex 6216.00.0900  (d)  PPE surgical 
masks, including 
masks that cover the 
user’s nose and mouth 
and provide a physical 
barrier to fluids and 
particulate materials; 
and 
 
(e)  PPE gloves or 
surgical gloves, 
including those defined 
at 21 CFR 880.6250 
(exam gloves) and     
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS  (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation 
or administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comme nts 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    878.4460 (surgical 
gloves) and such 
gloves intended for the 
same purposes.  
    
 
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