G/LIC/N/2/KHM/3  
 
4 October  2022 
(22-7461) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT1 
KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA  
The following notification, originally received on 29 April 2022, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia.  
 
 Category  Notification details  
1 Notifying Member  Kingdom of Cambodia  
2 Title of new 
legislation/procedure  Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management  
3 Date of Publication  9 January 1997  
4 Date of entry into force  9 January 1997 
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  https://www.cambodiantr.gov.kh/index.php?r=site/display&id=85   
6 Have you attached a copy 
of the regulation (PDF) to 
the Secretariat  [X] Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
[ ] No.  
7 Type of notification  [X] (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2; (please answer 
question 8 to 14)  
 
[ ] (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been previously 
notified in document: ______________ ; ( please answer question 
15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing  The HS Codes and detail descriptions of the products are:  
 
- 8414- Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and 
fans, ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether 
or not fitted with filters.  
- 8415- Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor -driven fan 
and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, 
including those machines in which the humidity cannot be 
separately regulated.  
- 8418- Refrigerators, freezer and other refrigerating or freezing 
equipment, electric or other, heat pumps other than air 
conditioning machines of heading 8415  
- 2903- Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons  
- 3824- Prepared binders for found ry moulds or cores, chemical 
products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries 
(including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not 
elsewhere specified or included.  
- 2618- Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron 
or steel 
 
1 It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under 
Article  1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure notified for by filling this form 
in a full and complete manner.  
2 "New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or 
procedure, and those wh ich are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.  
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   Category  Notification details  
- 2619- Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), scaling and other 
waste from the manufacture of iron or steel.  
- 2620- Slag, ash and residues (other than from the manufacture 
of iron or steel) containing metals, arsenic or their compounds.  
- 7204- Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or 
steel 
- 7404- Copper waste and scrap  
- 7902- Zinc waste and scrap  
- 8471- Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; 
magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto 
data media in c oded form and machines for processing such data, 
not elsewhere specified or included (Secondhand equipment) . 
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic: [X]  
 
Non-Automatic: [  ] 
10 Administrative 
purpose/measure being 
implemented  (a)  Protect public morals;  
(b)  Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect 
environment;  
(c)  Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;  
(d)  Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and 
the prevention of deceptive practices;  
(e)  Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other 
international treaties ( i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, 
Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.) 
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 
Ozone Layer  
(f)  Quota (including TRQ) administration;  
(g)  Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable 
materials and safeguard national security;  
(h)  Other: ______________ (please specify)  
11 Administrative body(ies) 
for 
submission of applications   
 Ministry of Environment  
Morodok Techo Building (Lot 503),  
Sangkat Tonle Basac, Khan Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh  
https://www.moe.gov.kh/  
Tel.: (+855) 12758687, (+855) 979088557  
E-Mail: nou@online.com.kh  
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministry of Environment  
Morodok Techo Building (Lot 503),  
Sangkat Tonle Basac, Khan Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh  
https://www.moe.gov.kh/  
Tel.: (+855), (+855) 23 220 369  
E-Mail: nou@online.com.kh   
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure  Ongoing  
 
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages   This law aims to protect and promote environmental quality and 
public health through the prevention, reduction, and control of 
pollution; to assess the environmental impact of all proposed 
projects prior to the issuance of a decision by the Royal 
Government; to ensure the rational and sustainable conservation, 
development, management, and use of the natural resources of the 
Kingdom of Cambodia; to encoura ge and enable the public to 
participate in environmental protection and natural resource 
management; to suppress any acts that cause harm to the 
environment.  
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification of specific details in existing  
procedures:  
 Product coverage;  
 Administrative purpose;  
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   Category  Notification details  
 Duration of licensing;  
 Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;  
 Eligibility of applicants;  
 Contact information on eligibility;  
 Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;  
 Documentation requirements (including application form);  
 Period for Application;  
 Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;  
 Processing time for issuing licence;  
 Licence fee/administrative charge;  
 Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;  
 Appeal regulations/procedures;  
 Validity of licence;  
 Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, 
penalty of non -use etc.);  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: __________ (please specify).  
 
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the WTO official languages)   
 
 
 
__________