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Waste Minimisation (Agrichemicals and Farm Plastics)

Official title

Waste Minimisation (Agrichemicals and Farm Plastics) Regulations 2026, 12 pages, English,

New Zealand notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 27 August 2026.

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Products

Seeds, fruits and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, and seeds and fruit used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes); Preparations

HS codes
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 1209 Seeds, fruits and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, and…
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 2309 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
  • 30 · Pharmaceutical products
    • 3004 Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses 'incl. those for transdermal…
  • 31 · Fertilizers
    • 31 FERTILISERS
  • 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
    • 3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail…
  • 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
    • 3920 Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular plastics, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without…
  • 63 · Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
    • 630533 Sacks and bags, for the packing of goods, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like (excl. flexible intermediate bulk containers)
Notifying member
New Zealand
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of animal or plant life or health
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/NZL/158

Key dates

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Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

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What the notification says

The Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport, in New Zealand, has introduced regulations: Waste Minimisation (Agrichemicals and Farm Plastics) Regulations 2026. The regulations provide the legal mechanism to fund and deliver the Rural Recycling Scheme. The draft regulations operationalise the proposed regulated product stewardship scheme for agrichemicals and farm plastics by: Making scheme participation mandatory for producers of regulated products. Establishing regulated product stewardship fees to fund a national take-back and recycling services. The regulations apply to: Agrichemicals sold in plastic containers or drums of 1,000 litres or less (including household pest and weed products). Plastic bale wrap and silage sheets. Agricultural products sold in: Plastic bags weighing 16–40 kg, and; Woven polypropylene bags weighing over 40 kg. Agrichemical means a liquid or solid substance used to— (i) manage plants or livestock; or (ii) control pests; or (iii) regulate plant or livestock health; and (b) excludes— (i) products supplied in aerosol form; and (ii) detergents and sanitisers; and (iii) vertebrate toxic agents; and (iv) products intended for domestic use (except for products used in controlling pests or weeds in a home or garden) Agricultural product means— (a) seeds used for sowing, including pasture, arable, horticultural, and specialised crop seeds: (b) livestock feeds, including grain-based rations and specialised feeds: (c) fertilisers, including…

Sources

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