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Notifying Member

Mongolia

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Title of new legislation/procedure

Revised law on Licensing

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Date of Publication

1 July 2022

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Date of entry into force

1 January 2023

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Website link/Official publication of the new regulation/procedure

https://legalinfo.mn/mn/detail?lawId=16530780109311

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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.

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Type of notification

[X] (a) New licensing regulation/procedure[2]; (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)

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List of products subject to licensing

Ozone-depleting substances and other substitutes, products and equipment containing them; Toxic and dangerous chemicals; GMOs; Animals, plants and their derivatives specified in the Annex to the Convention on International Trade; Weapons, firearms, ammunition, accessories and equipment; Fuel; Pyrotechnics; Explosives; Radioactive minerals; Radiation generators; Nuclear materials, and radioactive waste; Tobacco; Alcoholic beverages; Plant protection substances; Livestock, animal medicine and medical equipment; Medical instruments, equipment, accessories and prostheses; Biologically active products; Narcotics, psychoactive drugs, pharmaceutical substances, precursors and medicines; Human medicines and medical devices; Electricity; Strategic food; Animal feed additives, medicine and medical equipment.

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Nature of licensing

Automatic: [Ordinary licence]

Non-Automatic: [Special licence]

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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.)

(f)

Quota (including TRQ) administration;

(g)

Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable materials and safeguard national security;

(h)

Other: ______________ (please specify)

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Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications

Ministry of Health

For GMOs, biological active products, narcotics, psychoactive drugs, pharmaceutical substances, precursors, medical products and medicines, medical instruments, equipment, accessories and prostheses

Address: Government building-8, Olympic street-2, Sukhbaatar district-14210, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Website: https://moh.gov.mn/home

Telephone: 976-11-323002

Email: letter@moh.gov.mn

Ministry of Environment and Climate change

For toxic and dangerous chemicals, ODS, animals, plants

Address: Government building-2, UN street-5/2, Ulaanbaatar-15160, Mongolia

Website: https://met.gov.mn/

Telephone:976-117

Email: contact@met.gov.mn

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry

For livestock, animal products, plant protection substances, tobacco, alcoholic beverages, strategic food

Address: Government building-9, Peace avenue-16a, Ulaanbaatar-13381, Mongolia

Website: https://mofa.gov.mn/

Telephone:976-51-262271

Email: mofa@mofa.gov.mn

Ministry of Energy

For electricity

Website: https://energy.gov.mn

Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs

For firearms, ammunition, accessories and equipment

Website: https://mojha.gov.mn

Ministry of Industry and Mineral resources

For fuel, pyrotechnic devices, explosives and radioactive minerals and radiation generators

Website: https://mmhi.gov.mn

Nuclear Energy Commission and Ministry of Industry and Mineral resources

For nuclear substances

Website: https://mmhi.gov.mn

https://www.nea.gov.mn

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Contact point for information on eligibility

Ministry of Environment and Climate chnage and MOFALI

For plant protection substances

Website: https://met.gov.mn/

MOFALI, Veterinary Breeding Department

For breeding animals

Website: https://met.gov.mn/

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, MOFALI

For livestock, alcohol, and tobacco

Inquiry point: Mrs. Enkhtsetseg B

Crop Production Policy and Implementation Department, Senior Officer, MOFALI

enkhtsetseg@mofa.gov.mn

Tel: 976-94088448

Ministry of Health, LICEMED information system

For human medicine and medical devices

http://licemed.mohs.mn/

Telephone: 976-51-260212

Ministry of Environment and Climate change

For importation of toxic and dangerous chemicals

https://met.gov.mn/tables/b-rd-leh-bichig-barimt/mn

Misheelt Lkhagvasuren

misheeltlkhagvasuren@gmail.com

Telephone: 976-8811648

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Expected duration of licensing procedure

Ongoing

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A summary of the notification in one of the WTO official languages

The purpose of this law is to grant permission from authorized persons to engage in certain types of activities that may harm national security, financial stability, public interest, public health, and the environment, or to engage in certain types of activities that are dangerous to the environment, to use natural resources and public property of the state to a limited extent, and extension, suspension, restoration, revocation, their registration and control, as well as regulation of common relations related to establishing the classification and list of permits.

-   Export and import of animal products

-   Import, sale and use of ozone-depleting substances and other substitutes, products and equipment containing them

-   exporting, importing, transporting, producing, selling, using, and destroying toxic and dangerous chemicals across borders

-   export, import and transit of GMOs

-   Export, re-export and import of animals, plants and their derivatives specified in the Annex to the Convention on International Trade

-   export and import of weapons, equipment and firearms for military purposes

-   import of all types of fuel

-   manufacture, import and use of pyrotechnics for entertainment purposes

-   Import, export and manufacture of explosives and explosives for industrial purposes

-   Importing, exporting, transporting and burying radioactive minerals

-   transport, import and export of radiation generators

-   import, export, and transport of nuclear materials, and disposal of radioactive waste in one's country

-   import and sale of firearms, ammunition, accessories, and equipment similar to firearms for civil and security purposes

-   import tobacco

-   import alcoholic beverages

-   import and sale of plant protection substances

-   production and import of livestock, animal medicine and medical equipment

-   manufacture, import, supply and maintenance of medical instruments, equipment, accessories and prostheses

-   manufacture, import, export and supply of biologically active products

-   production, import, export, supply and sale of narcotics, psychoactive drugs, pharmaceutical substances, precursors and medicines

-   manufacture, import, export and supply of human medicines and medical devices

-   import and export of electricity.

Following import activities require ordinary license:

-   export and import of strategic food

-   import and export of animal feed additives, medicine and medical equipment

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In the case of 7(b), please indicate the type of new change(s)

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Please elaborate the changes in detail (in one of the WTO official languages)