Committee on Market Access - Notification pursuant to the Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions (G/L/59/Rev.1) - 2022 - 2024 - Ukraine - Addendum

NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1)

Ukraine

Addendum

The following communication, dated 22 January 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Ukraine.

 

A.      Notifying Member: Ukraine

B.      Date of notification: 17 January 2024

C.      First time notification:

      Yes

      No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol): G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/Add.8

D.      Type of notification:

      1.  Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force)

      2.  Changes to the notifications previously made in G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6 and G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/Add.4 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 following biennial period (e.g. 2012‑2014): 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 1 January 2024

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.

Ukraine notifies the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024" according to which the following measures are in force as of 1 January 2024:

- prohibition on the exportation of salt, suitable for human consumption;

- prohibition on the exportation of coal, anthracite; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal;

- export quota on coking coal (grade "K" only) in amount of 900,000 tons;

- export quota on fuel oils in amount of 540,000 tons with a monthly allowable quota of 60,000 tons;

- prohibition on the exportation of natural gas of Ukrainian origin;

- prohibition on the exportation of fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles, which will be in effect till 01 March 2024;

- restriction on the importation and exportation of controlled substances, goods and equipment that can contain controlled substances;

- restriction on the exportation of precious metals, waste and scrap of precious metals, electrical and electronic waste and scrap used primarily for the mining of precious metals.

 


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, according to UKTZED (based on HS 2017)

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

Prohibition on the exportation of salt, suitable for human consumption

P-X

2501 00 91 00

Salt, suitable for human consumption

Article XI:2(a) of the GATT – prevention of critical shortage of product essential for exporting country, inter alia

 

Article XXI of the GATT – security exceptions, inter alia

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024"

 

Available at:

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1402-2023-%D0%BF#Text

 

Effective from 1 January 2024

Administered by the State Customs Service

 

This measure was previously notified in document G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6

2

Prohibition on the exportation of coal, anthracite

P-X

2701 11 00 00 2701 12 90 00 2701 19 00 00 2701 20 00 00

Coal, anthracite; briquettes,

ovoids and similar solid fuels

manufactured from coal

Article XI:2(a) of the GATT – prevention of critical shortage of product essential for exporting country, inter alia

 

Article XXI of the GATT – security exceptions, inter alia

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024"

 

Available at

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1402-2023-%D0%BF#Text

 

Effective from 1 January 2024

Administered by the State Customs Service

 

This measure was previously notified in document G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6

3

Export quota on coking coal

GQ-X

NAL-X

2701 12 10 00

Coking coal (grade "K" only), in quota amount of 900,000 tons

Article XI:2(a) of the GATT – prevention of critical shortage of product essential for exporting country, inter alia

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024"

 

Available at:

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1402-2023-%D0%BF#Text

 

Effective from 1 January 2024

Administered by the State Customs Service, the Ministry of Energy (consent) and the Ministry of Economy (license)

 

This measure was previously notified in document G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/Add.8

4

Export quota on fuel oils

GQ-X

NAL-X

2710 19 51 00 2710 19 55 00 2710 19 62 00 2710 19 66 00 2710 19 67 00

Fuel oils, in quota amount of 540,000 tons with a monthly allowable quota of 60,000 tons

Article XI:2(a) of the GATT – prevention of critical shortage of product essential for exporting country, inter alia

 

Article XXI of the GATT – security exceptions, inter alia

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024"

 

Available at:

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1402-2023-%D0%BF#Text

 

Effective from 1 January 2024

Administered by the State Customs Service, the Ministry of Energy (consent) and the Ministry of Economy (license)

 

This measure was previously notified in document G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/

Add.5)

5

Prohibition on the exportation of natural gas

P-X

2711 11 00 00 2711 21 00 00

Natural gas of Ukrainian origin

Article XI:2(a) of the GATT –prevention of critical shortage of product essential for exporting country, inter alia

 

Article XXI of the GATT – security exceptions, inter alia

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024"

Available at:

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1402-2023-%D0%BF#Text

 

Effective from 01 January 2024

Administered by the State Customs Service

 

This measure was previously notified in document G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6

6

Prohibition on the exportation of fuel wood

P-X

4401 11 00 00 4401 12 00 00 4401 21 00 00 4401 22 00 00

Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles

Article XI:2(a) of the GATT –prevention of critical shortage of product essential for exporting country, inter alia

 

Article XXI of the GATT – security exceptions, inter alia

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024"

 

Available at:

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1402-2023-%D0%BF#Text

 

Effective from 1 January till 1 March 2024

Administered by the State Customs Service

 

This measure was previously notified in document G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/Add.4

7

Restriction on the importation and exportation of controlled substances, goods and equipment that can contain controlled substances

CP

NAL

CP-X

NAL-X

Various

Ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases, goods and equipment containing controlled substances, included in the annexes 2 and 3 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1402 of 27 December 2023

Article XX (b) of the GATT – protection of human, animal and plant life and health, inter alia

 

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024"

 

Available at:

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1402-2023-%D0%BF#Text

 

Effective from 1 January 2024

Administered by the State Customs Service, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (approval) and the Ministry of Economy (license)

 

This measure was previously notified in G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6

8

Restriction on the exportation of precious metals, waste and scrap of precious metals

NAL-X

7106

7108

7112

8549 21 00 00

8549 29 00 00

Silver and gold, unwrought or in semi manufactured forms, or in powder form (except for bank metals); waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste and scrap containing precious metal or precious metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal; electrical and electronic waste and scrap used primarily for the mining of precious metals

Article XX (c) of the GATT – measures relating to the importations and exportations of gold or silver, inter alia

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 December 2023 No. 1402 "On approval of the List of goods export and import of which is subject to licensing and quotas for 2024"

 

Available at

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1402-2023-%D0%BF#Text

 

Effective from 1 January 2024

Administered by the Ministry of Finance (approval for export of waste and scrap of precious metals only) and the Ministry of Economy (license for export for all specified goods)

 

This measure was previously notified in G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6


 

Section 2: Cross-reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions 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:

 

Document symbol of notification

General description

Type of restriction

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

G/AG/N/     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

Document symbol of notification

General description

Type of restriction.

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

WT/BOP/N/     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

3.     Agreement on Safeguards

 

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:

 

Document symbol of notification

General description

Type of restriction.

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

G/SG/N/     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

Document symbol of notification

General description

Type of restriction

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

G/LIC/N/2/UKR/26

Refer to the information notified in Section 2.3 (Cross reference to Other WTO notifications – Agreement on Safeguard)

 


 

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:

 

Document symbol of notification

General description

Type of restriction

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

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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