G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5/Add.2  
 
30 July 2021 
(21-5962) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV. 1) 
AUSTRALIA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 20 July 2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Australia . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  Australia  
B. Date of notification :  20 July 2021 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/ AUS/5 and 
G/MA/QR/N/AUS/ 5/Add.1  
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/AUS/ 5 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 described 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 1 July 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 with 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.  
 This notification communicates the introduction of a new measure on waste glass . 
 
* In English  only.  
  G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5/Add.2  
 
- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR 
No. General 
description 
of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(201 7) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, 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 Non-
automatic 
export license 
of waste 
plastic  NAL – X  3915 Waste, parings and 
scrap, of plastics  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  Recycling and Waste 
Reduction Act 2020  
(https://www.legislation.
gov.au/Details/C2020A0
0119); 
 
Recycling and Waste 
Reduction (Export —
Waste Plastics ) Rules 
2021 
(www.legislation.gov.au/
Series/F2021L00625 );  
 
Entry into force  1 July 
2021. The Recycling and Waste 
Reduction Act 2020 provides 
the fra mework for an export 
licensing and declaration system 
to regulate the export of waste 
materials from Australia.  
The Recycling and Waste 
Reduction (Export – Waste 
Plastics ) Rules 202 1 (the Plastics  
Rules) prohibit s the export of 
regulated waste plastic  unless  
the exporter holds a waste 
plastic export licence and makes 
an export declaration for each 
consignment.  
 
Export licences are managed by 
the Department of Agriculture, 
Water and th e Environment.  
 
 
 
 
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