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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/JAM/126

Notification No.

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Title

The Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Plastic Packaging Materials Prohibition) Order, 2024

Objective

Protection of the environment (TBT)

Product Covered

Single use plastic food container made wholly or in part of polyethylene, polypropylene or polylactic acid. Tariff code 3923 1090 90Cosmetic care or personal care products to which plastic microbeads or microplastics have been intentionally added

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HSCODE

3923 - Articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics

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Description

The Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Plastic Packaging Materials Prohibition) Order, 2024 prohibits the manufacture and use of any single use plastic in commercial quantities. The Order updates the ‘Single use plastics’ to now include:plastic food containers made wholly or in part of polyethylene, polypropylene or polylactic acid and prohibits their use, but does not apply:until the 11th day of July 2024, to the manufacture of plastic food containers; anduntil the 9th day of January 2025, to the use of plastic food containers;   2. cosmetic care or personal care products to which plastic microbeads or microplastics have been intentionally added.The Order does not apply to - (a) cosmetic care or personal care products—     (i) to which plastic microbeads or microplastics have been intentionally          added; and    (ii) that were imported before the 1st day of July 2025; or(b) until the 1st day of July 2025 to cosmetic care or personal care products to which plastic microbeads or microplastics have been intentionally added

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