G/LIC/N/3/MAC/18  
 
8 September 2015  
(15-4610)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 7.3  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON IMPO RT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
MACAO, CHINA 
The following communication, dated 18 August 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Macao, China. 
 
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Macao, China’s import licensing regime, as notified in document G/LIC/N/3/MAC/17, has not been 
modified and still remains valid for 2015, except for the changes introduced with regard to the products under III.A and paragraph 1, 2, 4 and 10 under III.A, as follows: 
 
III.  MACAO ECONOMIC SERVICES 
A.  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TOBACCO, VEHICLES AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; OPTICAL DISC 
MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND RAW MATERIALS 
 Outline of System 
1.  The import licensing system for alcoholic be verages, tobacco, vehicles and petroleum products 
is governed by Law no. 7/2003 and Administrative Regulation no. 28/2003. For optical disc 
manufacturing equipment and raw materials, the requirements set out under Decree-Law no. 51/99/M are also applicable. 
 
This licensing system is administered by the Maca o Economic Services for the aforesaid goods that 
are specified in Group C of Table B under Annex II
1 of Chief Executive Decision no. 452/2011 and 
Chief Executive Decision no. 27/2015. 
 Purposes and coverage of licensing  
2.  This licensing system covers all goods listed in Group C of Table B under Annex II of Chief 
Executive Decision no. 452/2011 and Chief Executive Decision no. 27/2015. 
 4.  This licensing system is not to be construed as a means to impose restrictions on either the 
quantity or the value of imports. 
 Rather, its purposes are: 
 
 To administer the levying of consumption tax for alcoholic beverages and tobacco; 
 To administer the levying of motor vehicle tax; 
 To enforce control over the flow of optical disc manufacturing equipment and raw materials 
so as to prevent such types of products from  being unduly utilised for copyright infringing 
activities; 
 To better administer the data collection associated with the import of petroleum products. 
                                               
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  Documentational and Other Requirements for License Application  
10.  For each license, a single application form needs to be filled and handed in to the Macao 
Economic Services.  A sample of the import license application form is attached in Annex C1. 
 
For optical disc manufacturing equipment and raw materials, complete information including the 
purpose of such an import, the use and final de stination of the goods to be imported and the 
personal details of the importer must be provided in the application. If the goods to be imported 
are for local manufacturing purposes, the user of such imported goods must also be the 
manufacturer. 
 
For petroleum products, complete information including the storage location of the products must 
be provided in the application.  Invoices and purchasing orders are also required as supporting 
documents for the application.  
Macao, China also wishes to update the Commi ttee on Import Licensing on the specimens of 
Licensing Documents for Group I under ANNEX A-II (as provided to the Secretariat for reference of interested Members).
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