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25 February 2022  
(22-1838) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  MACAO, CHINA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection 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  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Disposable, non -biodegradable plastic drinking straws (ex.3917.32.00); Disposable, non -
biodegradable plastic beverage stirrers (ex.3924.10.00).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Chief 
Executive's Decision No. 122/2021   (1 page(s), in Portuguese; 1 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  Prohibition of import and transit of disposable, non -
biodegradable plastic drinking straws and disposable, non -biodegradable plastic bev erage 
stirrers into and via the Macao Special Administrative Region.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  Macao Special Administrative Region Official Gazette No. 35 
Series I, Chief Executive's Decision No. 122/2021 of 30 August 2021  
https://images.io.gov.mo/bo/i/2021/35/despce -122-2021.pdf   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 August 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  N/A 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/MAC/22_1727_00_x.pdf  
 