Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Macao, China - Chinese medicinal materials, their prepared portions and extracts

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: MACAO, CHINA

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

Economic and Technological Development Bureau

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Chinese medicinal materials, their prepared portions and extracts in the List of Chinese Medicinal Materials Used in the Macao Special Administrative Region, the goods involved can be inquired at: https://www.isaf.gov.mo/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/%E6%BE%B3%E9%96%80%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E6%89%80%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%AD%E8%97%A5%E6%9D%90%E8%A1%A8SH-CODE%E5%B0%8D%E7%85%A7%E8%A1%A8.pdf

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Decision No. 27/ISAF/2022 (5 pages, in Chinese and Portuguese)

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Description of content: Technical requirements for import applications of Chinese medicinal materials, their prepared portions and extracts.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents:

Macao Special Administrative Region Official Gazette No. 13 Series II, Decision No. 27/ISAF/2022 of 30 March 2022

https://bo.io.gov.mo/bo/ii/2022/13/avisosoficiais.asp#isaf8

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Proposed date of adoption: 25 March 2022

Proposed date of entry into force: 31 March 2022

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Final date for comments: Not Applicable

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/MAC/23_12539_00_x.pdf