G/MA/QR/N/NOR/2 /Add.1  
 
13 July 2021 
(21-5534) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
NORWAY  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated 6 July 2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Norway . 
 
A. Notifying Member:  Norway  
B. Date of notification: 10 May  2021 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/NOR /2 
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/NOR/2 which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions , as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions , as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction , as describe d in Section 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 30 March 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 wi th 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.  
  
 
 
* In English  only.  
  G/MA/QR/N/NOR/2 /Add.1  
 
- 2 - Section 1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR
No. General description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restricti
on  Tariff line 
code(s) affected, 
based on HS2017  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restric tion, 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 Prior Informed Consent 
(PIC) procedure with 
requirements for certain 
plastic waste streams 
and mixtures of such 
wastes . 
 P 
CP 
P-X 
CP-X Various.  
For a detailed list of 
substances, please 
refer to Annexes 
III, IV and V of 
Regulation (EC) No 
1013/2006 of the 
European 
Parliament and of 
the Council of 14 
June 2006.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 For a detailed list of 
the products 
concerned, please 
refer to Annex III, IV 
and V of Regulation 
(EC) No 1013/2006: 
https://eur -
lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?
uri=CELEX:32006R101
3&from=EN   
 GATT 1994 Art. XX  
(b) and (g) ; Basel 
Convention : 
https://www.basel.int
/Portals/4/Basel%20C
onvention/docs/text/B
aselConventionText -
e.pdf; the Agreement 
on the European 
Economic Areas, 
Annex XX (32c): 
https://www.efta.int/
media/documents/leg
al-texts/eea/the -eea-
agreement/Annexes%
20to%20the%20Agre
ement/annex20.p df; 
Regulation (EC) No 
1013/2006 of the 
European Parliament 
and of the Council of 
14 June 2006 on 
shipments of waste : 
https://eur -
lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/E N/TXT/PDF/
?uri=CELEX:32006R1
013&from=EN  Implemented in Norwegian 
law through the Norwegian 
Waste Regulation, Chapter 
13: 
https://lovdata.no/dokume
nt/SF/forskrift/2004 -06-01-
930/KAPITTEL_14#KAPITTE
L_13 (only in Norwegian).  Ministry of Climate 
and Environment / 
Norwegian 
Environment Agency  
2 Restrictions on  
manufacturing, placing 
on the market and use 
of persistent organic 
pollutants (POPs).  P 
CP 
P-X 
CP-X 
GQ-X  For a detailed list of 
the products 
concerned, please 
refer to Annex A-C of 
the Stockholm 
Convention: 
http://chm.pops.int/po
rtals/0/repository/conv
ention_text/unep -GATT 1994 Art. XX 
(b); Stockholm 
Convention: 
http://chm.pops.int/p
ortals/0/repository/co
nvention_text/unep -
pops-cop-convtext -
full.english.pdf ; the 
Agreement on the Implemented in Norwegian 
law through the Norwegian 
Product Regulations, 
Chapter 4 : 
https://lovdata.no/dokume
nt/SF/forskrift/2004 -06-01-
922/KAPITTEL_6#KAPITTEL
_6 (only in Norwegian).  
 Ministry of Climate 
and Environment/ 
Norwegian 
Environment Agenc y  
  G/MA/QR/N/NOR/2 /Add.1  
 
- 3 - QR
No. General description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restricti
on  Tariff line 
code(s) affected, 
based on HS2017  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restric tion, 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 
pops-cop-convtext -
full.english.pdf . European Economic 
Areas , Annex II  
Chapter XV point 12w 
(Regulation (EU) 
850/2004 to be 
replaced by 
Regulation (EU) 
2019/1021 by 
upcoming Joint 
Committee  Decision).  
3 Prior Informed Consent 
(PIC) procedure for 
certain dangerous 
chemicals  P 
CP 
P-X 
CP-X 
GQ-X  PIC procedure for 
Phorate  and 
Hexabromocyclododec
ane. For details of the 
products concerned, 
please refer to Annex 
III of the Rotterdam 
Convention: 
http://www.pic.int/The
Convention/Chemicals/
AnnexIIIChemicals .  GATT 1994 Art. XX 
(b); Rotterdam 
Convention : 
http://www.pic.int/Th
eConvention/Overvie
w/TextoftheConventio
n/RotterdamConventi
onText/ta bid/1160/lan
guage/en -
US/Default.aspx .  Implemented in Norwegian 
law through the Regulations 
on the export of certain 
dangerous chemicals, 
Annex I: 
https://lovdata.no/dokum e
nt/SF/forskrift/2020 -11-04-
2293?q=Rotterdam   Ministry of Climate 
and Environment/ 
Norwegian 
Environment Agency  
 
 
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