RESTRICTED
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/SCTE/W/1
FOR THE 28July1994
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(94-1546)
SUB-COMMITTEE ONTRADE AND ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS NOTIFIED
UNDER THE AGREEMENT ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Atthesecond meeting oftheSub-Committee onTrade andEnvironment ofthePreparatory
Committee, on12July1994, arequest wasmade totheSecretariat toupdate thepaper TBT/W/156
analysing statistically theTBTnotifications ofenvironmental technical regulations andstandards. This
Note responds tothatrequest. Itisbased onnotifications where theobjective andrationale ofthe
technical regulation orstandard hasbeengiven astheprotection oftheenvironment. Since some of
thenotifications refer tomore thanonetechnical regulation orstandard ormore thanonepolicy
instrument, thenumber ofpolicy instruments covered islarger thanthenumber ofnotifications made.
2. Tables I,II,III,IVandVsummarize thestatistical results oftheanalysis.
TABLE I
TBTEnvironment Notifications 1980-8 July1994
YearNumber of
environment
notificationsTotal number of
notifications%ofenvironment
notifications
1980-90 211 2687 7.8%
1991 35 358 9.7%
1992 36 394 9.1%
1993 42 487 8.6%
1994 (upto8July) 25 225 11.1%
1980-8 July1994 349 4151 8.4%PC/SCTE/W/1
Page2TABLE II
TBTEnvironment Notifications, 1980-91
Policy
Instrument
ProductImport/
export
prohibitionsImport/
export
restrictionsInternal
taxes/
chargesSale/use
prohibitionsSale/use
restrictions
n.e.s.Transport/
distribution
requirementsPackaging/
marking/
labelling
requirementsType/
certificate
approval
requirementsTest
requirementsCollection/
deposit/
recycling
requirementsContent
restrictions
1.Products
containing or
produced with
ozone-depleting
substances 12 3 16 4
2.Products
containing or
treated with
mercury, lead,
cadmium,
arsenic (e.g.
batteries, paints,
fertilizers) 6 10 2 6 1 1 1 5
3.Petroleum
andother fuels 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 8
4.Road, rail,
sea,airvehicles
andparts. 2 1 8 11 55
5.Detergents,
soaps 1 1 3 4 2 2
6.Asbestos and
products 1 1 2 1 1
7.Endangered
animal andplant
species and
products 1 1 1PC/SCTE/W/1
Page3Policy
Instrument
ProductImport/
export
prohibitionsImport/
export
restrictionsInternal
taxes/
chargesSale/use
prohibitionsSale/use
restrictions
n.e.s.Transport/
distribution
requirementsPackaging/
marking/
labelling
requirementsType/
certificate
approval
requirementsTest
requirementsCollection/
deposit/
recycling
requirementsContent
restrictions
8.Machinery
andequipment 1 4 9 6 9
9.PVC
products 1 1 1
10.Toxic/
hazardous
chemicals and
products 4 7 8 10 1 11 15 18 2 1
11.Pesticides,
fungicides,
herbicides 1 2 2 1 3
12.Toxic/
hazardous waste 1 1
13.Non-toxic
waste 1 1 2 3 6PC/SCTE/W/1
Page4TABLE III
TBTEnvironment Notifications, 1992
Policy
Instrument
ProductImport/
export
prohibitionsImport/
export
restrictionsInternal
taxes/
chargesSale/use
prohibitionsSale/use
restrictions
n.e.s.Transport/
distribution
requirementsNotification/
Packaging/
marking/
labelling
requirementsType/
certificate
approval
requirementsTest
and
performance
requirementsCollection/
deposit/
recycling/
re-use/
recovery
requirementsContent
restrictions
1.Products
containing or
produced with
ozone-depleting
substances 3 4 1
2.Products
containing or
treated with
mercury, lead,
cadmium,
arsenic (e.g.
batteries, paints,
fertilizers) 3 3 1 1 1 1
3.Petroleum
andother fuels 1 2
4.Road, rail,
sea,airvehicles
andparts.
5.Detergents,
soaps 1
6.Asbestos and
productsPC/SCTE/W/1
Page5Policy
Instrument
ProductImport/
export
prohibitionsImport/
export
restrictionsInternal
taxes/
chargesSale/use
prohibitionsSale/use
restrictions
n.e.s.Transport/
distribution
requirementsNotification/
Packaging/
marking/
labelling
requirementsType/
certificate
approval
requirementsTest
and
performance
requirementsCollection/
deposit/
recycling/
re-use/
recovery
requirementsContent
restrictions
7.Endangered
animal andplant
species and
products
8.Machinery
andequipment 4
9.PVC
products
10.Toxic/
hazardous
chemicals and
products 2 3 1 4 3 1 2
11.Pesticides,
fungicides,
herbicides
12.Toxic/
hazardous waste 1 1 2 1 2
13.Non-toxic
waste 2
14.Tropical
timber 1PC/SCTE/W/1
Page6TABLE IV
TBTEnvironment Notifications, 1993
Policy
Instrument
ProductImport/
export
prohibitionsImport/
export
restrictionsInternal
taxes/
chargesProduction/
Sale/use
prohibitionsProduction/
Sale/use
restrictions
n.e.s.Transport/
distribution
requirementsNotification/
Packaging/
marking/
labelling
requirementsType/
certificate
approval
requirementsTest
and
performance
requirementsCollection/
deposit/
recycling/
re-use/
recovery
requirementsContent
restrictions
1.Products
containing or
produced with
ozone-depleting
substances 4 3 3 1 1
2.Products
containing or
treated with
mercury, lead,
cadmium,
arsenic (e.g.
batteries, paints,
fertilizers) 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2
3.Petroleum
andother fuels 2 1 1
4.Road, rail,
sea,airvehicles
andparts.2 7
5.Detergents,
soaps
6.Asbestos and
products 1 1 2 1PC/SCTE/W/1
Page7Policy
Instrument
ProductImport/
export
prohibitionsImport/
export
restrictionsInternal
taxes/
chargesProduction/
Sale/use
prohibitionsProduction/
Sale/use
restrictions
n.e.s.Transport/
distribution
requirementsNotification/
Packaging/
marking/
labelling
requirementsType/
certificate
approval
requirementsTest
and
performance
requirementsCollection/
deposit/
recycling/
re-use/
recovery
requirementsContent
restrictions
7.Endangered
animal andplant
species and
products
8.Machinery
andequipment 1 1 1
9.PVC
products
10.Toxic/
hazardous
chemicals and
products 1 3 4
11.Pesticides,
fungicides,
herbicides 1 1 1 2
12.Toxic/
hazardous waste 2 1
13.Non-toxic
wastePC/SCTE/W/1
Page8TABLE V
TBTEnvironment Notifications, 1994 (upto8July)
Policy
Instrument
ProductImport/
export
prohibitionsImport/
export
restrictionsInternal
taxes/
chargesProduction/
Sale/use
prohibitionsProduction/
Sale/use
restrictions
n.e.s.Transport/
distribution
requirementsNotification/
Packaging/
marking/
labelling
requirementsType/
certificate
approval
requirementsTest
and
performance
requirementsCollection/
deposit/
recycling/
re-use/
recovery
requirementsContent
restrictions
1.Products
containing or
produced with
ozone-depleting
substances 1 4 4 3 1 1
2.Products
containing or
treated with
mercury, lead,
cadmium,
arsenic (e.g.
batteries, paints,
fertilizers) 1 1 1 2 1
3.Petroleum
andother fuels 1
4.Road, rail,
sea,airvehicles
andparts. 1
5.Detergents,
soaps 1
6.Asbestos and
productsPC/SCTE/W/1
Page9Policy
Instrument
ProductImport/
export
prohibitionsImport/
export
restrictionsInternal
taxes/
chargesProduction/
Sale/use
prohibitionsProduction/
Sale/use
restrictions
n.e.s.Transport/
distribution
requirementsNotification/
Packaging/
marking/
labelling
requirementsType/
certificate
approval
requirementsTest
and
performance
requirementsCollection/
deposit/
recycling/
re-use/
recovery
requirementsContent
restrictions
7.Endangered
animal andplant
species and
products
8.Machinery
andequipment 1 6
9.PVC
products
10.Toxic/
hazardous
chemicals and
products 1
11.Pesticides,
fungicides,
herbicides 1 1 1 1 1
12.Toxic/
hazardous waste
13.Non-toxic
waste 3