WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.452
19December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5387)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MACAU
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Macau Environment Office
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [X],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) andhalons andcertain types ofclimatization equipment
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ozone Layer
Protection Ordinance (5pages) andDecision onOzone Layer Protection Ordinance
(5pages) (both available inPortuguese)
6. Description ofcontent: Thecurrent legislation aimsatreducing progressively theuseof
substances which mayprovoke, when exposed totheatmosphere, thedepletion ofthe
ozone layer andharm theclimate, theenvironment andthepublic health.
Banonthefollowing activities:
- Manufacture ofcontrolled substances1,designated asCFC'sandhalons;
- manufacture, import andexport ofaerosol containers ofanytypeofcontrolled
substances, except those originated from ordestined tosignatories tothe
Montreal Protocol.
Import andexport ofthefollowing types ofclimate units, which (may) contain
controlled substances aresubject toprior authorization requirements:
1Aslisted intheAnnex ofthepresent Ordinance, which isincompliance withthatintheMontreal Protocol.
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd.)
- Air-conditioning machines; refrigerators andother refrigerating orfreezing
equipment, etc.;
- dehumifiers;
- fireextinguishers.
7. Objective andrationale: Environmental protection
8. Relevant documents: Macau Official Gazette, No. 49,Series I:Decree-Law
No.62/95/M andDecision No.78/95/M of4December 1995.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Notapplicable
Proposed date ofentry intoforce: Sixty days following thepublication inthe
Official Gazette.
10. Final dateforcomments: Notapplicable
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number of
other body: Macau Economic Services
Edifício "Luso Internacional"
1-3RuadoDr.Pedro JoséLobo
25thFloor
Macau Fax: (853) 590310