G/MA/QR/N/AUS/ 5/Add. 1 
 
13 July 2021 
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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
AUSTRALIA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 9 July  2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Australia . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  Australia  
B. Date of notification :  17 May 2021 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/ AUS/5 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in G/MA/QR/N/AUS/ 5 which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restri ctions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in S ection 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 1 January  2021 
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
This notification communicates the introduction of a new measure on waste glass . 
 
* In English  only.   
  G/MA/QR/N/AUS/ 5/Add. 1 
 
- 2 - 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 
HS(201 7) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis and entry 
into forc e  
 Administration, modification 
of previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Non-
automatic 
export 
license of 
waste 
glass  NAL-X 70010001  
 
 
 
 
 
 
70010002  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
70010091  Glass in the mass, 
other waste and 
scrap of glass 
processed into 
furnace -ready fines 
and/or cullet  
  
Glass in the mass, 
other waste and 
scrap of glass, 
processed into non -
furnace -ready fines 
and/or cullet  
 
 
 
Glass in the mass, 
cullet and other 
waste and scrap of 
glass, not elsewhere 
specified  Article XX(b ) of the 
GATT  Recycling and Waste 
Reduction Act 2020  
(https://www.legislation.gov.
au/Details/C2020A00119 ); 
 
Recycling and Waste 
Reduction (Export —Waste 
Glass) Rules 2020  
(www.legislation.gov.au/Deta
ils/F2020L01629 );  
 
Entry into force  1 January 
2021.  The Recycling and Waste 
Reduction Act 2020 
provides the fra mework for 
an export licensing and 
declaration system  to 
regulate the export of waste 
materials from Australia.  
The Recycling and Waste 
Reduction (Export – Waste 
Glass) Rules 2020  (the Glass 
Rules) prohibit the export of 
regulated waste glass unless 
the exporter holds an export 
licence and makes an export 
declaration for each 
consignment.    
 
Export licences are managed 
by the Department of  
Agriculture, Water and the 
Environment  
 
 
 
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