Bahrain | Draft Ministerial Order regarding banning single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market.

Title of document
Draft Ministerial Order regarding banning single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market.

Description
The purpose of this Ministerial Order is to ban single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market, with exempting garbage bags, bags used for medical purposes and bags manufactured to be exported from the Kingdom of Bahrain

Notifying member: Bahrain, Kingdom of

Notification: G/TBT/N/BHR/596

Objective tag
Consumer information, labelling; Protection of animal or plant life or health; Protection of the environment

Objective
Consumer information, protection of animal or plant life or health and the protection of the environment.

Agency responsible
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism Kingdom of Bahrain P.O. Box 5479 Tel.: +973 17574881 Fax: +973 17530730 E-mail: bsmd@moic.gov.bh. Web site: http://www.moic.gov.bh

Timing:

• Submission: 29/03/2021
• Reception: 29/03/2021
• Distribution: 01/04/2021
• Final date for comments: 31/05/2021
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A