G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  
25 août 2016 
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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)  
AFGHANISTAN  
La communication ci -après, datée du 29 juillet 2016, est distribuée à la demande de la délégation 
de l'Afghanista n. 
A. Membre notifiant : Afghanistan  
B. Date de la notification : 29 juillet  2016 
C. Première notification : 
 Oui 
 Non, dernière notification présentée dans le document (cote du document ):  
D. Type de notification : 
 1. Complète (c'est -à-dire notification de toutes les restrictions quantitatives en vigueur)  
 2. Modifications apportées à une notification faite précéd emment (cote du document) qui 
sont de la nature suivante : 
  2.1 Introduction 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 restrictions maintenues par (Membre):  
E. La notification contient des renseignements pour la période biennale  (par 
exemple 2012 -2014) : 2014-2016 et concerne des restrictions en vig ueur depuis le  
29 juillet  2016 
F. La présente notification contient les renseignements* ci-après:  
 Sectio n 1: Liste des restrictions quantitatives actuellement en vigueur  
 Sectio n 2: Renvoi à d'autres notifications adress ées à l'OMC et contenant des 
renseignements sur des restrictions quantitatives actuellement en vigueur, et 
renseignements additionnels  
G. Observations générales, y compris description de la suppression de restrictions 
notif iées au titre du point  D.2.2 et date à  laquelle elles ont cessé d'être 
appliquées  
                                                
* En anglais seulement.   
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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, fresh, 
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      
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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(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 
    Of swine, frozen:  
--Livers  
--Other     
   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  
     
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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(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 
   15.01  
 
 
 
 
1501.1000  
 
 
15.03  
 
 
 
 
 
1503.0010  
 
16.02  
 
 
 
 
1602.4100  
 
1602.4200  
 
1602.4900  
 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  
 
Lard stearin, lard oil, 
oleostearin, oleo -oil and 
tallow oil, not 
emulsified or mixed or 
otherwise prepared.  
 
--- Lard stearin, lard oil  
 
Other prepared 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 Tariff of 
Afghanistan of 12 
October 2015  Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)   
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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(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 
   22.04  
 
 
 
 
 
2204.1000  
 
 
 
 
 
2204.2100  
 
2204.2900  
2204.3000  
 
22.05  
 
 
 
 
2205.1000  
 
2205.9000  
 
2206.0000  
 Wine of fresh grapes, 
including fortified 
wines; grape must 
other than that of 
heading 20.09.  
- Spark ling wine  
- Other wine; grape 
must with fermentation 
prevented or arrested 
by the addition of 
alcohol :  
 
-- In containers holding 
2 l or less  
-- Other  
- Other grape must  
 
Vermouth and other 
wine of fresh grapes 
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      
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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(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 
    and non -alcoholic 
beverages, not 
elsewhere specified or 
included.     
   22.08  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2208.2000  
 
 
 
2208.3000  
2208.4000  
 
 
 
2208.5000  
2208.6000  
2208.7000  
2208.9000  Undenatured ethyl 
alcohol of an alcoholic 
strength by volume of 
less than 80 % vol; 
spirits, liqueurs and 
other spirituous 
beverages.  
 
- Spirits obtained by 
distillin g grape wine or 
grape marc  
 
- Whiskies  
- 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 Narcotic drugs, 
psychotropic 
substances and 
chemicals used in the 
manufacture, 
production or 
processing of narcotic 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)   
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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(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 
Intoxicants, 
Drugs and 
their Control  drugs and psychotropi c 
substances  
4 Import 
prohibition  P 
 31.02  
 
 
3102.3000  
 
 
3102.4000  
 
 
 
 
3102.6000  
 
 
 
3102.8000  
 Mineral or chemical 
fertilisers, nitrogenous.  
 
-Ammonium nitrate, 
whether or not in 
aqueous solution  
-Mixtures of ammonium  
nitrate with calcium 
carbonate or other 
inorganic non -fertilising 
substances  
-Double salts and 
mixtures of calcium 
nitrate and ammonium 
nitrate  
-Mixtures of urea and 
ammonium nitrate in 
aqueous or ammoniacal 
solution  GATT 1994 Article XXI  
 Presidential D ecree 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  
5 Import 
prohibition   P 41.03  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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 excluded by 
Note 1 (b) or 1 (c) to 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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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 
 
4103.3000  
 
41.06  
 
 
 
 
 
 
4106.3100  
 
4106.3200  
 
 
41.13  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4113.2000  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, in cluding 
parchment -dressed 
leather, of other 
animals, without wool 
or hair on, whether or 
not split, other than 
leather of heading  
41.14.  
- Of swine  
6 Import 
prohibition   P 3923.21  Plastic Bags (Carry 
bags)  
 
--Of polymers of 
ethylene  
 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)   
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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 
- Polyethylene plastic 
bags for package of dry 
and fresh fruits, 
vegetable and medical 
plants are exempted 
from the  prohibition  
pursuant to Ministerial 
Cabinet Act No 12of 7 
June 2011  
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 on 
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 Des tructive 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  
(-) Compressors 
consuming CFCs.  
 
Pursuant to Article 7 of  
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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(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 
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 firearms, 
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)  
12 Import 
prohibition; P  
P-X Various  Endangered species 
listed  in Appendix I of  Article XX(b) of the GATT; 
Convention on  The Environmental Law 
of Afghanistan published Administered by the 
National Environmental  
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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(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 
Export 
prohibition; 
Non-automatic 
export license  
 NAL-X 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  International Tr ade in  
Endangered Species of  
Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES)  in Official Gazette No 
912 on 25 January 2007, 
entered into force on 27 
December 2006  Protection Agency (NEP A). 
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 ne cessary 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  P-X 
NAL-X Various  Afghanistan's cultural 
and historical relics GATT 1994 Article XX(f ) Law on the Preservation 
of the Historical and Administered by Institute 
for Archaeological Studies  
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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 
Non-Automatic 
Export 
Licensing  
 defined in Article 3 of 
the Law as movable 
and immovable relics 
with historical, cultural 
and religious value 
older than 100 years  Cultural Heritage of 
Afghanistan, Official 
Gazette No 828 of 20 
May 2004, entered into 
force on 20 May 2004  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 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 
Department.  
 
Pursuant to Article 104 of 
the Law, e xport is subject 
to holding an Exploitation 
Licence, Small -Scale 
Mining Licence or Artisanal  
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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(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 
Mining Licence. For the 
sale or export of restricted 
minerals, a special 
authorization may be 
required.  
15 Non-Automatic 
Export 
Licensing  NAL-X Various  Printed bo oks, 
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 
Officia l Gazette No. 1167 
of 11 March 2015, 
entered into force on 28 
January 2015  Export approval from the 
Ministry of Information 
and Culture (MoIC)  
16 Non-Automatic 
Export 
Licensing  NAL-X Various  Optical disks as defined 
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 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 Informatio n 
and Culture (MoIC)  
  
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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(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 
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)  
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 refe renced 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 Convention has 
been published in the 
Official  Gazette No. 
1166, 7 March 2015.  
 Custom and Revenue 
Department and National 
Environmental Protection 
Agency (NEPA)  
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 
International Trade  Law on Agricultural 
Pesticides, publ ished 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, Irrigation 
and Livestock (MAIL).  
  
  G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  
 
- 15 - 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 
       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  
 
- 16 - Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restricti ons 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 Payments, 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 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:  
 
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 mad e 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:  
 
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 symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:   
  G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  
 
- 17 -  
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 
Procedures†]        
 
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:  
 
 
 
__________  
 
                                                
† To be issued.