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Comité de Acceso a los Mercados  Original: inglés  
 
  NOTIFICACIÓN DE CONF ORMIDAD CON LA DECIS IÓN SOBRE  EL 
PROCEDIMIENTO DE NOT IFICACIÓN DE RESTRIC CIONES  
CUANTITATIVAS (G/L/5 9/REV.1)  
AFGANISTÁN  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 29 de julio de 201 6, se distribuye a petición de la delegación 
del Afganistán . 
 
A. Miembro notificante: Afganistán  
B. Fecha de la notificación: 29 de julio de 2016  
C. Primera notificación:  
 Sí 
 No, la última notificación se presentó con la signatura (signatura del documento):  
D. Tipo de notificació n: 
 1. Completa (es decir, notificación de todas las restricciones cuantitativas en vigor)  
 2. Cambios de una notificación presentada anteriormente con la signatura (signatura del 
documento) consistentes en lo siguiente:  
  2.1 Establecimiento de nuevas restricciones, enumeradas en la sección 1.  
  2.2 Eliminación de restricciones, como se describe en la casilla G infra. 
  2.3 Modificación de una restricción notificada anteri ormente, como se indica en la 
sección 1.  
 3. Notificación inversa de restricciones mantenidas por (Miembro):   
E. La notificación proporciona información sobre el siguiente período bienal  
(por ejemplo,  2012 -2014) : 2014-2016 y se refiere a restricciones en vigor al 29 de 
julio de 2016 . 
F. La presente notificación contiene información* relativa a:  
 Sección 1:  Lista de restricciones cuantitativas actualmente en vigor.  
 Sección 2:  Referencia a otras notificaci ones presentadas a la OMC que contengan 
información sobre restricciones cuantitativas actualmente en vigor e información 
adicional.  
G. Observaciones de carácter general, con inclusión de una descripción de la 
eliminación de restricciones notificada en el apartado 2.2 de la casilla D y la fecha 
en que esas restricciones dejaron de estar en vigor.  
 
                                                
* En inglés solamente.    
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- 2 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Import 
prohibition  P 01.03  
0103.1000  
 
0103.9100  
 
0103.9200  
 
02.03 
 
 
0203.1100  
 
0203.1200  
 
 
0203.1900  
 
0203.2100  
 
0203.2200  
 
0203.2290  
 
02.06  
 Live Swine  
-Pure-breed animals  
-Other  
--Weighing less than 50 
KG 
--Weighing 50 KG or 
more 
Meat of swine, fresh, 
chilled or frozen  
-Fresh or chilled:  
--Carcasses and half -
carcasses  
--Hams, shoulders, and 
cuts thereof, with bone 
in  
--Other  
-Frozen:  
--Carcasses and half -
carcasses  
--Hams, shoulders, and 
cuts thereof, with bone 
in  
--Other  
Edible offal of bovine 
animals, swine, sheep, 
goats, horses, asses, 
mules or hinnies, fre sh, 
chilled or frozen  GATT 1994 Article XX(a)  
 As prescribed in the 
Customs Tariff of 
Afghanistan of 12 October 
2015 Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)  
   02.06.3000  
 -Of swine, fresh or 
chilled     
    Of swine, frozen:  
--Livers  
--Other      
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- 3 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   02.09  
 
 
 
 
 
 
0209.1000  
02.10  
 
 
 
 
 
0210.1100  
 
 
0210.1200  
 
0210.1900  
05.02  
 
 
 
 
 
0502.1000  
 Pig fat, free of lean 
meat, and poultry fat, 
not rendered or 
otherwise extracted, 
fresh, chilled, frozen, 
salted, in brine, dried or 
smoked  
---Pig fat  
Meat and  edible meat 
offal, salted, in brine, 
dried or smoked; edible 
flours and meals of meat 
or meat offal.  
- Meat of swine : 
-- Hams, shoulders and 
cuts thereof, with bone 
in 
-- Bellies (streaky) and 
cuts thereof  
-- Other  
Pigs', hogs' or boars' 
bristles and hair ; badger 
hair and other brush 
making hair; waste of 
such bristles or hair.  
-Pigs', hogs' or boars' 
bristles and hair and 
waste thereof     
   15.01  
 
 
 
 
1501.1000  
 
 
 Pig fat (including lard) 
and poultry fat, other 
than that of heading 
02.09 or 15.03.  
 
--- Pig fat (including 
lard) and other pig fat  
 
      
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- 4 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
15.03  
 
 
 
 
 
1503.0010  
 
16.02  
 
 
 
 
1602.4100  
 
1602.4200  
 
1602.4900  Lard stearin, lard oil, 
oleostearin, oleo -oil and 
tallow oil, not emulsified 
or mixed or otherwise 
prepared.  
 
--- Lard stearin, lard oil  
 
Other prep ared or 
preserved meat, meat 
offal or blood  
- Of swine : 
 
-- Hams and cuts thereof  
-- Shoulders and cuts 
thereof  
-- Other, including 
mixtures  
2 Import 
prohibition  P 2203.0000  
 Beer made from malt  
 GATT 1994 Article XX(a)  
 As prescribed in the 
Customs Ta riff of 
Afghanistan of 12 October 
2015 Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)  
   22.04  
 Wine of fresh grapes, 
including fortified wines; 
grape must other than 
that of heading 20.09.     
    
2204.1000  
 - Sparkling wine  
- Other wine; grape 
must with fermentation 
prevented or arrested by 
the addition of alcohol :      
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- 5 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   2204.2100  
 
2204.2900  
2204.3000  
 
22.05  
 
 
 
 
2205.1000  
 
2205.9000  
 
2206.0000  
 -- In containers holding 
2 l or less  
-- Other  
- Other grape must  
 
Vermouth and other 
wine of fresh grape s 
flavoured with plants or 
aromatic substances.  
 
- In containers holding 2 
l or less  
- Other  
 
Other fermented 
beverages (for example, 
cider, Perry, mead); 
mixtures of fermented 
beverages and mixtures 
of fermented beverages     
    and non -alcoholic 
beverag es, not 
elsewhere specified or 
included.     
   22.08  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2208.2000  
 
 
 
2208.3000  Undenatured ethyl 
alcohol of an alcoholic 
strength by volume of 
less than 80 % vol; 
spirits, liqueurs and 
other spirituo us 
beverages.  
 
- Spirits obtained by 
distilling grape wine or 
grape marc  
 
- Whiskies       
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- 6 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
2208.4000  
 
 
 
2208.5000  
2208.6000  
2208.7000  
2208.9000  - Rum and other spirits 
obtained by distilling 
fermented sugar -cane 
products  
- Gin and Geneva  
-Vodka  
- Liqueurs and cordials  
- Other  
3 Import 
prohibition,  
Export 
prohibition,  
Non-automatic 
export licensing  P 
P-X 
NAL-X Various, as 
reflected in 
Tables 1 -4 
annexed to the 
Law on 
Campaign 
against 
Intoxicants, 
Drugs and 
their Control  Narcotic drugs, 
psychotropic substances 
and chemicals used in 
the manufacture, 
production o r processing 
of narcotic drugs and 
psychotropic substances  GATT 1994 Article XX (b)  Law Against Intoxicating 
Drinks and Drugs as well 
as Controlling Them, OG 
1025 of 14 June 2010, 
entered into force on 14 
June 2010  Administered by  
the Committee on Drug 
Regulation  (CDR) under the 
Ministry of Counter 
Narcotics and Afghanistan 
Customs Department (ACD)  
4 Import 
prohibition  P 
 31.02  
 
 
3102.3000  
 
 
3102.4000  
 
 
 
 
3102.6000  
 Mineral or chemical 
fertilisers, nitrogenous.  
 
-Ammonium nitrate, 
whether or not in 
aqueou s solution  
-Mixtures of ammonium 
nitrate with calcium 
carbonate or other 
inorganic non -fertilising 
substances  
-Double salts and 
mixtures of calcium 
nitrate and ammonium 
nitrate  
 GATT 1994 Article XXI  
 Presidential Decree No. 
28 of 21 January 2010 on 
The Prohibition of 
Importing, Producing, 
Purchase and Sale,  
Trafficking, Use and 
Stockpiling of  Chemical 
Fertilizers, Ammonium 
Nitrate and Other 
Materials used in the 
Production of Explosives 
Devices, entered into 
force on 21 January 2010  
 Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD) / 
Ministry of Interior Affairs 
(MoIA) / National 
Directorate for Security    
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- 7 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   3102.8000  -Mixtures of urea and 
ammonium nitrate in 
aqueous or ammoniacal 
solution     
5 Import 
prohibition   P 41.03  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4103.3000  
 
41.06  
 
 
 
 
 
 
4106.3100  
 
4106.3200  
 
41.13  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Other raw hides and 
skins (fresh, or salted, 
dried, limed, pickled or 
otherwise preserved, but 
not tanned, parchment 
dressed or further 
prepared), whether or 
not dehaired or split, 
other than those 
exclud ed by Note 1 (b) 
or 1 (c) to this Chapter  
-Of swine  
 
Tanned or crust hides 
and skins of other 
animals, without wool or 
hair on, whether or not 
split, but not further 
prepared.  
 
-- In the wet state 
(including wet -blue)  
-- In the dry state 
(crust)  
 
Leather further prepared 
after tanning or crusting, 
including parchment -
dressed leather, of other 
animals, without wool or 
hair on, whether or not 
split, other than leather 
of heading 41.14.  GATT 1994 Article XX(a)  As prescribed in the 
Customs Tariff of  
Afghanistan of 12 October 
2015 Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)    
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- 8 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
4113.2000  - Of swine  
6 Import 
prohibition  P 3923.21  Plastic Bags (Carry bags)  
 
--Of polymers of 
ethylene  
 
- Polyethylene plastic 
bags for package of dry 
and fresh fruits, 
vegetable and medic al 
plants are exempted 
from the  prohibition 
pursuant to Ministerial 
Cabinet Act No 12of 7 
June 2011  GATT 1994 Article XX(b) and 
(g) Ministerial Cabinet Act No 
1 of 28 March 2011 
(absolute prohibition of 
plastic bags)  Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)  
7 Import 
prohibition,  
Export 
Prohibition,  
Non-automatic 
export licensing  
 P 
P-X 
NAL-X Various  Ozone -depleting 
substances  GATT 1994 Article 
XX(b);Montreal Protocol on 
Substances that Deplete the 
Ozone Layer of 16 
September 1987  Regulation o n Controlling 
Materials Destructive to 
the Ozone Layer, Official 
Gazette No 894 of 6 
August 2006, entered into 
force on 17 July 2006  Administered by Ministry of 
Commerce and Industry 
(MoCI) / National  
Environmental Protection 
Agency (NEPA).  
 
Article 11 of the Regulation 
on Controlling Materials 
Destructive to the Ozone 
Layer (the  "Regulation ") 
bans import and export of 
the following products:  
(-) Anti fire equipment 
(Halons 121 -1301-2402 
(-) Air conditioning system 
containing CFCs.  
(-) Refrigerator, new and  
old air conditioners 
containing CFCs    
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- 9 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
       (-) Compressors consuming 
CFCs.  
 
Pursuant to Article 7 of the 
Regulation, a license is 
required for the export of 
the Ozone Depleting 
Substances listed in Annex 
1 to the Regulation (List of 
Ozone Depleting 
Substances  
8 Import 
prohibition  
Export 
Prohibition  
 P 
P-X 
 93 Arms and Ammunitions 
and other explosive 
materials, defined under 
Article II of the Law, 
with the exclusion of 
military weapons (Article 
III). GATT 1994 Article XX(b) ; 
GATT 1994 Article XXI(b)  Law on Firearms 
Equipment and Explosive 
Materials, published in 
Official Gazette No 855 on 
21 June 2005, entered 
into force on 21 June 
2005 Administered by Ministry of 
Interior Affairs (MoIA).  
 
Pursuant to Article IV of the 
Law, imports and exports of 
firearm s, ammunitions and 
other explosive materials 
(as defined under Article II) 
are prohibited  
9 Re-exportation 
prohibition   P-X 0802.1100  
0802.1200  Almonds  Please provide the 
justification for this 
prohibition  Please indicate the 
national law establishing 
this prohibition   
10 Re-exportation 
prohibition   P-X 0802.3100  
0802.3200  Walnuts  Please provide the 
justification for this 
prohibition  Please indicate the 
national law establishing 
this prohibition   
11 Export 
prohibition  P-X Timber  
Please provide 
HS code  Timber from Kunar 
Province  GATT 1994 XX (g)  Ministerial Cabinet Act No 
41 of  16 June 2012,  
entered into force on29 
January 2012  Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)    
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- 10 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
12 Import 
prohibition; 
Export 
prohibition; Non -
automatic export 
license  
 P  
P-X 
NAL-X Various  Endangered species 
listed in Appendix I of  
Convention on  
International Trade in  
Endangered Species of  
Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES), which includes 
all species threatened 
with extinction which are 
or may be affected by 
trade Article XX(b ) of the GATT; 
Convention on  
International Trade in  
Endangered Species of  
Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES)  The Environmental Law of 
Afghanistan published in 
Official Gazette No 912 on 
25 January 2007, entered 
into force on 27 
December 2006  Administered by the 
National Environmental 
Protection Agency (NEPA).  
Import and export of 
animals and plants listed in 
Appendix I to the 
Convention on International 
Trade in Endangered 
Species of Wild Fauna and 
Flora (CITES) is prohibited.  
 
An export license from the 
National  Environmental 
Protection Agency (NEPA) is 
necessary for the 
exportation (or re -
exportation) of any 
specimen of any species of 
fauna or flora contained in 
the Lists of harvestable and 
protected species prepared 
by the NEPA pursuant to 
Article 47 of the 
Environmental Law of 
Afghanistan  
13 Export 
Prohibition  
Non-Automatic 
Export Licensing  
 P-X 
NAL-X Various  Afghanistan's cultural 
and historical relics 
defined in Article 3 of the 
Law as movable and 
immovable relics with 
historical, cultural and 
religious valu e older 
than 100 years  GATT 1994 Article XX(f)  Law on the Preservation 
of the Historical and 
Cultural Heritage of 
Afghanistan, Official 
Gazette No 828 of 20 May 
2004, entered into force 
on 20 May 2004  Administered by Institute 
for Archaeological Studies 
and Historical Monuments 
under the Ministry of 
Information and Culture 
(MoIc).  
 
Pursuant to Article 64 of 
the Law, the export of 
Afghanistan’s cultural and 
historical relics is 
prohibited. The Institute for   
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- 11 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Archaeological Studies and 
Historical Monuments 
decides whether a 
handicraft is considered as 
historical and cultural 
heritage.  
14 Non-Automatic 
Export Licensing  
 NAL-X Various  All minerals, defined as 
liquid, solid and gas 
substances found on 
surface or beneath 
surface (excluding 
water, oil, natural gas 
and surface earth soil 
are excluded from this 
definition).  GATT 1994 Article XX(g)  Minerals Law, Official 
Gazette No 1143 of 16 
August 2014, entered into 
force on 16 August 2014  Export authorization from 
the Ministry of Mines and 
Petroleum / Cadastre 
Depar tment.  
 
Pursuant to Article 104 of 
the Law, export is subject 
to holding an Exploitation 
Licence, Small -Scale Mining 
Licence or Artisanal Mining 
Licence. For the sale or 
export of restricted 
minerals, a special 
authorization may be 
required.  
15 Non-Automa tic 
Export Licensing  NAL-X Various  Printed books, 
brochures, leaflets, and 
other printed matters  GATT 1994 Article XX(a)  Presidential Decree No 
2342 of 11 February 
2016, Law on Mass Media 
Official Gazette No 986 of 
6 July 2009 and  
Amendment and Addition 
to the Law on Mass 
Media, published in 
Official Gazette No. 1167 
of 11 March 2015, 
entered into force on 28 
January 2015  Export approval from the 
Ministry of Information and 
Culture (MoIC)    
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- 12 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
16 Non-Automatic 
Export Licensing  NAL-X Various  Optical disks as def ined 
in Article 3 of the 
Ministerial Act as any 
medium, regardless of 
format, which may be 
used for the electronic 
storage of data in digital 
form, which is capable of 
being written and/or 
read by means of a laser 
or any other means, 
whether or not any 
readable data has been 
stored on it (including 
CDs, DVDs, laser discs, 
mini discs and video 
compact discs)  GATT 1994 Article XX(d)  
 Ministerial Act on 
Licensing, Manufacture, 
Import and Export of 
Optical Disks, 2012, 
entered into force on 11 
November 2013  Export approval from the 
Ministry of Information and 
Culture (MoIC)  
 
17 Import 
prohibition,  
Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 
 Various, as 
reflected under 
annex A of the 
Stockholm 
Convention on 
Persistent 
Organic 
Pollutants.   Chemical substances 
stated under article 3(a, 
ii) of the Stockholm 
Convention as 
referenced in the Annex 
A. Article XX(b) of the GATT, 
Stockholm Convention on 
persistent Organic 
Pollutants, amended in 2009  The Government of 
Islamic Republic of 
Afghanistan acceded to 
the Convention on 2013. 
The C onvention has been 
published in the Official 
Gazette No. 1166, 7 
March 2015.  
 Custom and Revenue 
Department and National 
Environmental Protection 
Agency (NEPA)    
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- 13 - 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(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification (e.g. 
Article  XX(g) of the GATT, 
etc.) and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, CITES, 
etc.)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
18 Import 
Prohibition  
Non-Automatic 
export licensing  
 P 
 
NAL-X Various  Agricultural pesticides  
are chemical ingredients 
or substance used to 
control, prevent or 
destroy agricultural -
related plagues  Article XX(b) of the GATT 
and Rotterdam Convention 
on The Prior Informed 
Consent Procedure for 
Certain Hazardous Chemical 
and Pesticides in 
Internationa l Trade  Law on Agricultural 
Pesticides, published on 
Official Gazette No. 1190, 
of 19 October 2015, 
entered into force on 26 
August 2015.  Administered by, Ministry 
of Commerce and Industry,  
Custom and Revenue 
Department and Ministry of 
Agriculture, Irriga tion and 
Livestock (MAIL).  
 
       Pursuant to article 17 of the 
Law on Agricultural 
Pesticides, import of 
agricultural pesticides that 
are not registered in 
accordance to the law are 
prohibited.    
  G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  
 
- 14 - Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications wit h 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 (e.g. set in  the Agreement on Agriculture, 
Agreement on Balance of Paym ents, 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 notification made with inform ation 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:  
 
2.  Agreement on Balance of Payments  
 
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:  
 
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 notificati on: 
 
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 symbo l and include any information element missing in the notification:    
  G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  
 
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Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) 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 
Notification under 
Article 1.4 (a) 8.2 
(b) of the 
Agreement on 
Import Licensing 
Procedures1]        
 
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:  
__________  
                                                
1 To be issued.