A.      Notifying Member: The Kyrgyz Republic

B.      Date of notification 21 June 2024

C.      First time notification:

      Yes

      No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol): _G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.32

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/KGZ/1/Add.28 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 3 July 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.

The Kyrgyz Republic notifies two temporary measures:

1._    The Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic #299 dated 07.06.2024 on the temporary export prohibition of used catalysts installed on carriers classified by the code 3815, slag, ash and residues containing metals in wasted catalysts, suitable only for metal extraction or for the production of chemical reagents classified by the code 2620, waste and scrap palladium, rhodium and platinum contained in wasted catalysts used primarily for the recovery of precious metals classified by the code 7112, mufflers and exhaust pipes and their parts containing catalysts classified by the code 8708 outside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Decree enters into force on 3 July 2024, for a duration of 6 months.

2._    The Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic #300 dated 07.06.2024 on the temporary export prohibition from the Kyrgyz Republic outside the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union of limestone shell rock, crude or roughly trimmed, cut by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, classified by the codes 2515 11 000 0 and 2515 12 000 0, produced or extracted in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Decree enters into force on 3 July 2024, for a duration of 6 months.