Classification of products covered by MEAs in the HS: the

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WTO COMMITTEE ON MARKET ACCESSINFORMATION SESSION ON QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND THEIR RELATION TO

MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS21 September 2021

Ms. Sujin YUK

Tariff and Trade Affairs DirectorateWORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION

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What we will cover in this session

2HS Classification of MEA Products

I. Harmonized System

II. HS and MEAs

III. HS codes for substances controlled by MEAs

HS

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I. Harmonized System - What is the HS?


International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.

also known as "Harmonized System" or simply "HS“. a multipurpose international product nomenclature developed by

the World Customs Organization (WCO).• To facilitate:

- international trade; - collection, comparison and analysis of trade statistics; and- standardization of trade documentation and the transmission of data.

entered into force in January 1988.

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Basis for Customs Tariffs and Trade Statistics of more than 200 countries and Customs or Economic Unions.

• 160 Contracting Parties to the HS Convention • Over 98 % of the merchandise in international trade is classified in terms

of the HS.

About 5,600 commodity groups (HS 2022). Each group is identified by a six-digit code arranged in a legal

and logical structure. Amendments update the HS every 5 – 6 years.

• The latest amendments was in 2017 (HS 2017 edition).• HS 2022 edition will enter into force on 1 January 2022.


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The HS is more than just a tool for duty collection. It is used within many other areas of government regulation and

business practices.• Customs tariffs (Customs revenue)• Collection of international trade statistics• Rules of origin• Collection of internal taxes• Trade negotiations (e.g., WTO schedules of tariff concessions,

FTAs)• Transport tariffs and statistics• Monitoring of controlled goods (e.g., waste, narcotics, chemical

weapons, ozone layer depleting substances, endangered species)• Areas of Customs controls and procedures, including risk

assessment, information technology and compliance.

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Stockholm Convention

MontrealProtocol

RotterdamConvention

Basel Convention

Convention on Narcotics Drugs

Convention on Psychotropics

CWC

Australia Group

WassenaarDual-use Goods

Missile TechnologyControl Regime

NuclearSupplier Group

TaxRegulations

CITES

RegionalAgreements

NationalRegulations

BWC

IED(Global Shield)

Minamata Convention

HS

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II. HS and MEAs


The HS is a useful tool to facilitate the implementation and enforcement of MEAs.

• Identification of controlled substances

• Monitoring and control of transboundary movements

• Collection of trade statistics

• Prohibition/restriction of trade• PIC procedure• Recording import/export data• Reporting on the production and

consumption

HS MEAs

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II. HS and MEAs

- How does the WCO support MEAs?


Creation of specific HS codes for controlled substances.

Adoption of HS-related WCO Recommendation on the insertion of subdivisions in national statistical nomenclatures.

Publication of the Interconnection Table between HS and selected international conventions.

Cooperation with other international organizations in providing HS codes information and training.

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II. HS and MEAs - How does the WCO support MEAs?


•Implementation•5019 Codes

•Mainly editorial amendments

•5018 Codes

•393 sets of amendments

•5113 Codes


•5052 Codes


•5387 Codes


•5224 Codes


•5205 Codes


•5612 Codes

Creation of specific HS codes• New HS codes have been created in the HS amendments to

facilitate the implementation and enforcement of MEAs.

HS Amendments

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Creation of specific HS codes in 2022 HS amendments,while entails transfer of certain products covered by other HS codes of the HS 2017 edition.

Convention Montreal Protocol

Basel Convention

RotterdamConvention

StockholmConvention

Controlledsubstances

ODS, HFCs Hazardous waste

Hazardous chemicals and pesticides

POPs

New HS codes

2903.41 to 2903.69

38.27 (3827.11 to 3827.90)

85.49 (8549.11 to 8549.99)

2931.542932.963824.89

3824.89

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(Example) 2022 HS amendments related to the Montreal Protocol– Correlation Tables 2017-2022

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Table I : 2022 - 2017 Table II : 2017 - 2022

Creation of new Note 4 to Section VI and new heading 38.27 and deletion of subheading 3824.7 entail the transfer of the products of mixtures containing halogenated derivatives ofmethane, ethane and propane from subheading 3824.7 to new heading 38.27, to facilitate the monitoring and control of substances controlled by virtue of the Kigali Amendments to the Montreal Protocol that deplete the ozone layer.

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• HS-related WCO Recommendations concerning insertion

of subdivisions in national statistical nomenclatures:

Ozone Layer Depleting Substances (Montreal Protocol)

Chemical Weapons (CWC)

Hand-made Products

Firearms

Adoption of WCO Recommendations


• Recommendation on the insertion in national statistical nomenclatures of subheadings to facilitate the collection and comparison of data on the international movement of substances controlled by virtue of the Kigali amendments to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (27 June 2019)*

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* This Recommendation is revoked as from 1 January 2022, as the HS 2022 amendments contain specific HS codes for the most commonly traded HFCs controlled by the Kigali amendments.

II. HS and MEAs - How does the WCO support MEAs?Adoption of WCO Recommendations


• Correlations between the HS and selected international conventions

• drawn by the WCO Secretariat in collaboration with the Secretariats of the relevant organizations. in accordance with instructions by the HS Committee

• non-exhaustive and merely indicative table (No legal or official status)

• The Table is published on the WCO Web site: http://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/nomenclature/instrument-and-tools/interconnection-table.aspx

• Montreal Protocol (ODS)• Basel Convention (waste)• OECD Council decision (waste)• Rotterdam Convention (chemicals,

pesticides)• Stockholm Convention (POPs)• Conventions on narcotic and

psycotropic substances• Chemical Weapons Conventions• CITES (endangered species)• Agreement on trade in civil aircraft • WTO Instrument on pharmaceutical

products (INN)

II. HS and MEAs - How does the WCO support MEAs?Creation of the Interconnection Table


• Information included in the Interconnection Table

I. Introduction II. List of Conventions and their Organizations*III. Contact details regarding the Organizations administering the

ConventionsIV.Table: Correlation between the product coverage of selected

international Conventions and the HS

* INCB, CITES, UNEP (Vienna Convention, BRS Conventions), OPCW, OECD, WTO



• Interconnection Table (HS 2022)

OECD list:green and

amber lists

Basel Convention:“Annex VIII (List A)”

and “Annex IX (List B)”Montreal Protocol Rotterdam/Stockholm

Convention

(R): only controlled by the Rotterdam Convention.

(S): only controlled by the Stockholm Convention.

lack of a symbol “(R)” or “(S)” : controlled by both Conventions.

“X: full coverage (i.e., all goods of the specified subheading are controlled by the convention mentioned in the header)

"EX“: partial coverage.



• Interconnection Table (HS 2022) - Example


Basel ConventionMontreal Protocol

HS Code WASTE B-I WASTE B-II OZONE ROTTERDAM/STOCKHOLM

3808.91 X EX EX

3808.92 X EX EX(R)

3808.93 X EX EX(R)

3808.94 X EX EX(R)

3808.99 X EX EX(R)

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III. HS codes of substances controlled by MEAs


• Montreal Protocol

• Rotterdam Convention

• Stockholm Convention

• Basel Convention

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Montreal Protocol

on substances that deplete the

ozone layer


https://www.unep.org/ozonaction/

ODS HFCs

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Montreal Protocol


• The Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous ozone-depleting substances (ODS).

• In 2016, the Montreal Protocol was amended to add powerful greenhouse gases – hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) to the list of substances controlled under the Protocol and which will be phased-down (Kigali amendments).

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) C F Cl

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) C F Cl H

Hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs) C F Br H

Halons C F Br Cl

Other (CCl4, C2H3Cl3, CH3Br, CH2BrCl) C Cl Br H

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) F HC

ODS and HFCs

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• The HS 2017 edition provides separate HS codes for ODS: under headings 29.03 and 38.24.

• 2022 HS Amendments related to HFCs and ODS:► Restructuring of heading 29.03 to separately identify HFCs

and certain ODS.► Creation of heading 38.27 to separately identify mixtures

containing HFCs.

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2022 HS Amendments related to the Montreal Protocol • Subheadings 2903.31 and 2903.39 (HS 2017) were deleted; and• New subheadings 2903.4 to 2903.6 (HS 2022) were created to separately

classify HFCs.

HFCs

HFOs

ODS

Replaced

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Replaced

2022 HS Amendments related to the Montreal Protocol • Subheadings 3824.71 to 3824.79 (HS 2017) were deleted; and• New heading 38.27 (subheadings 3827.11 to 3827.90) was created to separately

classify mixtures containing ODS and HFCs.

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Substance Chemical Name Formula HS 2017 HS 2022Annex A, Group I (CFCs)CFC-11 Trichlorofluoromethane CFCI3 2903.77 2903.77CFC-12 Dichlorodifluoromethane CF2CI2 2903.77 2903.77CFC-113 Trichlorotrifluoroethanes C2F3CI3 2903.77 2903.77CFC-114 Dichlorotetrafluoroethanes C2F4CI2 2903.77 2903.77CFC-115 Chloropentafluoroethane CCIF2CF3 2903.77 2903.77Annex A, Group II (Halons)Halon-1211 Bromochlorodifluoromethane CF2BrCl 2903.76 2903.76Halon-1301 Bromotrifluromethane CF3Br 2903.76 2903.76Halon-2402 Dibromotetrafluroethane C2F4Br2 2903.76 2903.76Annex B, Group I (Other CFCs)CFC-13 Chlorotrifluoromethane CF3Cl 2903.77 2903.77Annex B, Group II Tetrachloromethane or Carbon tetrachloride CCl4 2903.14 2903.14Annex B, Group III1,1,1-Trichloroethane or Methyl chloroform C2H3Cl3 2903.19 2903.19

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Substance Chemical Name Formula HS 2017 HS 2022Annex C, Group I (HCFCs)HCFC-22 Chlorodifluoromethane CHF2Cl 2903.71 2903.71

HCFC-123 Dichlorotrifluoroethanes C2HF3Cl2 2903.72 2903.72

HCFC-124 Chlorotetrafluoroethanes C2HF4Cl 2903.79 2903.79

HCFC-141 Dichlorofluoroethanes C2H3FCl2 2903.73 2903.73

HCFC-141b 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane CH3CFCl2 2903.73 2903.73

HCFC-142 Chlorodifluoroethanes C2H3F2Cl 2903.74 2903.74

HCFC-142b 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane CH3CF2Cl 2903.74 2903.74

HCFC-225 Dichloropentafluoropropanes C3HF5Cl2 2903.75 2903.75Annex C, Group II (HBFCs)HBFC-22B1 Bromodifluoromethane CHF2Br 2903.79 2903.79Annex C, Group IIIBromochloromethane CH2BrCl 2903.79 2903.79Annex E, Group I Methyl bromide (or Bromomethane) CH3Br 2903.39 2903.61

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Name Blends or mixtures HS 2017 HS 2022R-500 CFC-12 / HFC-152a 3824.71 3827.11R-502 HCFC-22 / CFC-115 3824.71 3827.11R-401A (MP-39) HCFC-22/HFC-152a/HCFC-124 3824.74 3827.31R-406A R-22/R-600a/R-142b (55/04/41) 3824.74 3827.32R-408A (FX 10) HCFC-22/HFC-143a/HFC-125 3824.74 3827.31R-409A (FX 56) HCFC-22 / HCFC-124/HCFC-142b 3824.74 3827.32R-415B R-22/R-152a (25/75) 3824.74 3827.31R-418A HC-290/HCFC-22/HFC-152a 3824.74 3827.31

Mixtures containing HCFCs and HFCs

R-401A, R-401B, R-401C, R-402A, R-402B, R-408A, R-411A, R-411B, R-412A, R-415A, R-415B, R-416A, R-418A, R-420A

3824.74 3827.31

HCFCs mixtures, with no HFCs or PFCs

R-406A, R-409A, R-409B, R-414A, R-414B 3824.74 3827.32

HCFCs mixtures containing PFCs

R-403A, R-403B, R-509A 3824.74 3827.32

HS codes of most popular mixtures containing ODS


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ASHRAE DESIGNATION CHEMICAL NAME HS 2017 HS 2022HFC-23 Trifluoromethane 2903.39 2903.41HFC-32 Difluoromethane 2903.39 2903.42HFC-41 Fluoromethane 2903.39 2903.43HFC-152 1,2-Difluoroethane 2903.39 2903.43HFC-152a 1,1-Difluoroethane 2903.39 2903.43HFC-125 Pentafluoroethane 2903.39 2903.44HFC-143a 1,1,1-trifluoroethane 2903.39 2903.44HFC-143 1,1,2- trifluoroethane 2903.39 2903.44HFC-134a 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane 2903.39 2903.45HFC-134 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane 2903.39 2903.45HFC-227ea 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane 2903.39 2903.46HFC-236cb 1,1,1,2,2,3-hexafluoropropane 2903.39 2903.46HFC-236ea 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane 2903.39 2903.46HFC-236fa 1,1,1,3,3,3- hexafluoropropano 2903.39 2903.46HFC-245Sfa 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropano 2903.39 2903.47HFC-245ca 1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane 2903.39 2903.47HFC-365mfc 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane 2903.39 2903.48HFC-43-10mee 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5- decafluoropenthane 2903.39 2903.48HFC-14 Tetrafluoromethane 2903.39 2903.49HFO-1234yf 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene 2903.39 2903.51HFO-1234ze(E) 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene 2903.39 2903.51HFO-1336mzz(Z) 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene 2903.39 2903.51

HS codes of HFCs and HFOs


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HS 2022 Mixtures Examples (most traded in bold)Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23) or perfluorocarbons (PFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)3827.51 Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23) R-508A R-508B3827.59 Other(eg.: containing PFCs but not containing (HFC-23), CFCs or HCFCs) R-413A

Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)3827.61 Containing 15 % or more by mass of 1,1,1-

trifluoroethane (HFC-143a)R-404A R-507A

R-428A R-434A

3827.62 Other, not included in the subheading above, containing 55 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC- 125) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs)

R-407B R-410BR-417B R-419A

R-421A R-421BR-422A R-422B

R-422C R-422DR-422E

3827.63 Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 40 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)

R-407A R-410AR-417A R-419B

R-424A R-438AR-439A R-452A

R-452C R-460A

3827.64 Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 30 % or more by mass of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs)

R-407C R-407DR-407E R-407FR-407G

R-407H R-417CR-423A R-425AR-426A

R-427A R-437AR-442A R-453AR-458A

3827.65 Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 20 % or more by mass of difluoromethane (HFC-32) and 20 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)

R-448A R-449AR-449B

R-449C R-460B

3827.68 Other, not mentioned in previous subheadings, containing substancesof subheadings 2903.41 to 2903.48 (eg.: containing HFC-23, HFC-32, HFC-41, HFC-152, HFC-152a, HFC-125, HFC-143a, HFC-143, HFC-134a o HFC-134, HFC-227ea, HFC-236cb, HFC-236ea, HFC-236fa, HFC-245fa, HFC-245ca, HFC-365mfc and/or HFC-43-10mee)

R-429A R-430AR-431A R-435AR-440A R-444AR-444B R-445AR-446A

R-447A R-447BR-450A R-451AR-451B R-452BR-454A R-454BR-454C

R-455A R-456AR-457A R-459AR-459B R-512AR-513A R-513BR-515A

3827.69 Other (eg.: containing other HFCsnot mentioned in 3827.61 to 3827.68 –May contain HFOs} R-514A

HS codes of mixtures containing HFCs HS 20173824.78


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forhazardous

chemicals & pesticides


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• The Convention covers pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons by Parties and which have been notified by Parties for inclusion in the PIC procedure.

• Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure – a mechanism for formally obtaining and disseminating the decisions of importing Parties as to whether they wish to receive future shipments of those chemicals listed in Annex III of the Convention and for ensuring compliance with these decisions by exporting Parties.


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Substances controlled by the Rotterdam Convention are classified in various headings in the HS (mainly under Chapters 29 and 38).

(HS 2017) Headings 29.03, 29.04, 29.08, 29.10, 29.15, 29.16, 29.18, 29.19, 29.20. 29.22, 29.23, 29.24, 29.25, 29.30, 29.31, 29.32, 29.33, 29.25, 38.08, 38.24, etc.

2022 HS Amendments related to the Rotterdam Convention► Creation of HS codes:

• 2931.54 -- Trichlorfon• 2932.96 -- Carbofuran• 3824.89 -- Containing short-chain chlorinated paraffins

▶ Amendments of legal Notes:• Subheading Note 1 to Chapter 38 (subheadings 3808.52 and 3808.59)• Subheading Note 31 to Chapter 38 (subheadings 3824.81 to 3824.89)

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2022 HS Amendments related to the Rotterdam Convention► Creation of HS codes: 2931.54 -- Trichlorfon

2932.96 -- Carbofuran3824.89 -- Containing short-chain chlorinated paraffins


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http://www.pic.int/TheConvention/Chemicals/AnnexIIIChemicals/HarmonizedSystemCodes/tabid/1159/language/en-US/Default.aspx


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(HS 2017) 2932.39 ► 2932.96 (HS 2022)

HS 2017 and HS 2022

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(HS 2017) 2931.39 ► 2931.54 (HS 2022) 3808.9 ► 3808.59 (HS 2022)Phorate 298-02-2 2930.90 3808.9

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Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)

25637-99-43194-55-6134237-50-6134237-51-7134237-52-8

2903.89 (No specific code)


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(HS 2017) 3824.99 ► 3824.89 (HS 2022)

3824.82

3824.82


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StockholmConvention

on Persistent Organic

Pollutants


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The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful impacts on human health or on the environment.


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Among others, the provisions of the Convention require each party to:• Prohibit and/or eliminate the production and use, as well as the import and

export, of the intentionally produced POPs that are listed in Annex A to the Convention (Article 3).

• Restrict the production and use, as well as the import and export, of the intentionally produced POPs that are listed in Annex B to the Convention (Article 3).

• Reduce or eliminate releases from unintentionally produced POPs that are listed in Annex C to the Convention (Article 5).

• Ensure that stockpiles and wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with POPs are managed safely and in an environmentally sound manner (Article 6).

• To target additional POPs (Article 8).


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Substances controlled by the Stockholm Convention are classified in various headings of the HS (mainly under Chapters 29 and 38).

(HS 2017) Headings 29.03, 29.04, 29.09, 29.10, 29.14, 29.20. 29.32, 38.08, 38.24, etc.

2022 HS Amendments related to the Stockholm Convention► Creation of HS codes:

• 3824.89 -- Containing short-chain chlorinated paraffins*

▶ Amendments of legal Notes:• Subheading Note 31 to Chapter 38 (subheadings 3824.81 to 3824.89)

* Controlled by both Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention.

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Annex A

CHEMICAL CAS No HS(Separate chemical)

HS(Mixtures)

Aldrin 309-00-2 2903.82 3824.84Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCB 2903.99 3824.82Chlordane 57-74-9 2903.82 3824.84Chlordecone 143-50-0 2914.71 3824.84Dieldrin 60-57-1 2910.40 3824.84Endosulphan 115-29-7 2920.30 3824.84Endrin 72-20-8 2910.50 3824.84Tetrabromodiphenyl ether 32534-81-9 2909.30 3824.88Pentabromodiphenyl ether 32534-81-9 2909.30 3824.88Hexabromodiphenyl ether 68631-49-2 2909.30 3824.88Heptabromodiphenyl ether 446255-20-5 2909.30 3824.88Octabromodiphenyl ether 32536-52-0 2909.30 3824.88Decabromodiphenyl ether 1163-19-5 2909.30 3824.88Heptachlor 76-44-8 2903.82 3824.84Hexabromobiphenyl 36355-01-8 2903.94 3824.82Hexabromocyclododecane 3194-55-6 2903.89Hexachlorobenzene HCB 118-74-1 2903.92 3824.86Hexachlorobutadien 87-68-3 2903.29Hexachlorocyclohexanes HCH

alpha-HCH 319-84-6 2903.81 3824.85beta-HCH 319-85-7 2903.81 3824.85gamma-HCH (Lindane) 58-89-9 2903.81 3824.85delta-HCH 319-86-8 2903.81 3824.85

Mirex 2385-85-5 2903.83 3824.84

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Annex A

CHEMICAL CAS No HS(Separate chemical)

HS(Mixtures)

Polychlorinated naphthlenes 2903.99

Short-chain chlorinated paraffins n.a 3824.99 ► 3824.89(HS 2017) (HS 2022)

Pentachlorobenzene 608-93-5 2903.93 3824.86Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters 87-86-5 2908.11

2908.19 3808.59

Toxaphene 8001-35-2 n.a 3824.84

ANNEX B

DDT 50-29-3 2903.923808.52 3808.593824.84

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts:Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonateLithium perfluorooctane sulfonatePotassium perfluorooctane sulfonateOther salts

1763-23-129081-56-929457-72-52795-39-3

2904.312904.322904.332904.342904.35

3824.87

Perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride 307-35-7 2904.36 3824.87

ANNEX CPolychlorinated dibenzodioxins PCDDs 2932.99 3824.99Polychlorinated dibenzofurans PCDF 2932.99 3824.99


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Wastes


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• The objective of the Basel Convention is to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes. Its scope of application covers a wide range of wastes defined as “hazardous wastes” based on their origin and/or composition and their characteristics, as well as two types of wastes defined as “other wastes” - household waste and incinerator ash.

• The provisions of the Convention centre around the following principal aims:

• the reduction of hazardous waste generation and the promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal;

• the restriction of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes except where it is perceived to be in accordance with the principles of environmentally sound management; and

• a regulatory system applying to cases where transboundary movements are permissible.


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Categories of wastes are contained in different annexes in the Basel Convention


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The HS separately identifies waste of certain articles, but the definition and grouping of "waste" are not consistent with those applied in the Basel Convention.

• The HS is basically focusing on the nature, composition and physical properties of a good, whereas the waste definition of the Basel Convention is focusing on the intention ‘to discard’.

• For the purposes of the HS, the definition of waste should be based on objective criteria of the products, i.e., their condition when presented at the border, to ensure internationally consistent classification.

The WCO and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention have been worked closely to enhance the coherence between the two systems, based on understanding that assignment of specific HS codes to wastes regulated under the Basel Convention would facilitate the implementation of and enforcement of the Convention.

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2022 HS Amendments related to the Basel Convention► Creation of new HS codes for e-waste : heading 85.49

New heading 85.49 for electrical and electronic waste and scraphas been created as defined in new Note 6 to Section XVI.

The content of new subheading 8549.1 has been transferred from 2017 HS subheading 8548.10.• waste and scrap of primary cells, primary

batteries and electric accumulators; • spent primary cells, spent primary batteries

and spent electric accumulators (new subheading Note 5 to Chapter 85).

New subheadings 8549.2, 8549.3 and 8549.9 have been created for other e-waste.

(HS 2017)8548.10

(HS 2017)Applicable

subheadings, in particular, in Chapters

38, 70, 71, 84, 85, 90, 91 and 95.

HS 2022

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2022 HS Amendments related to Basel Convention► Creation of New Note 6 to Section XVI to define e-waste

6.- (A) Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression “electrical and electronic waste and scrap” means electrical and electronic assemblies, printed circuit boards, and electrical or electronic articles that :

(i) have been rendered unusable for their original purposes by breakage, cutting-up or other processes or are economically unsuitable for repair, refurbishment or renovation to render them fit for their original purposes; and

(ii) are packaged or shipped in a manner not intended to protect individual articles from damage during transportation, loading and unloading operations.

(B) Mixed consignments of “electrical and electronic waste and scrap” and other waste and scrap are to be classified in heading 85.49.

(C) This Section does not cover municipal waste, as defined in Note 4 to Chapter 38.

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2022 HS Amendments related to the Basel Convention► Creation of New Subheading Note 5 to Chapter 85 to

define “spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators”

5.- For the purposes of subheadings 8549.11 to 8549.19, “spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators” are those which are neither usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons, nor capable of being recharged.

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1. The HS, as a multipurpose international product nomenclature, is a useful tool to facilitate the implementation and enforcement of MEAs:

• Identification of controlled substances• Monitoring and control of transboundary movements• Collection of trade statistics

3. 2022 HS Amendments include new HS codes and legal Notes for goods controlled by MEAs:

• Montreal Protocol - new HS codes for HFCs and ODS (headings 29.03 & 38.27)

• Rotterdam/Stockholm Convention – new HS codes in heading 29.31, 29.32 and 38.24

• Basel Convention - new HS codes for e-waste (heading 85.49)

2. The WCO works closely with other organizations to support MEAs:• Creation of specific HS codes for controlled substances. • Adoption of HS-related WCO Recommendation• Publication of the Interconnection Table • Cooperation with other international organizations


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Thank you.

Ms. Sujin YUKTechnical OfficerTariff and Trade Affairs DirectorateWorld Customs Organization

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Documents

Classification of products covered by MEAs in the HS: the