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Longhua District, Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province: Special Fund for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction

Guangming District, Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province: Special Fund for Energy Conservation and the Development of Circular Economy

THE DUTY-FREE ZONE REGIME: The Duty-Free Zone Regime is the set of incentives and benefits offered by the State to enterprises making new investments in Costa Rica, subject to compliance with the requirements and obligations laid down in the Duty-Free Zone Regime Law No. 7210, the amendments thereto, and its implementing Regulations (...)
The incentives granted by this regime, as set forth in the Duty-Free Zone Regime Law No. 7210, are:
(...) Exemption from all import or internal taxes on packing and packaging materials and containers, as well as on computer equipment and electronic waste and any other waste resulting from the enterprise's activities in the duty-free zone provided that these packing and packaging materials, containers and waste are to be recycled or reused.
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European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (in the field of energy) (Regulation No 1301/2013): The ERDF aims to strengthen economic and social cohesion in the European Union by correcting imbalances between its regions.
The ERDF focuses its investments on several key priority areas. This is known as 'thematic concentration':
(...) • The low carbon economy.

The Cohesion Fund (in the field of energy) (Regulation 1300/2013):
The Cohesion Fund is aimed at Member States whose Gross National Income (GNI) per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average. It aims to reduce economic and social disparities and to promote sustainable development.
The Cohesion Fund allocates a total of EUR 63.4 billion to activities under the following categories:
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• environment: here, the Cohesion Fund can also support projects related to energy or transport, as long as they clearly benefit the environment in terms of energy efficiency, use of renewable energy, developing rail transport, supporting intermodality, strengthening public transport, etc.

European Social Fund (ESF) (in the field of energy) (Regulation No 1301/2013): The ESF contributes to energy and climate change challenges in implementing its investment priorities for employment, social inclusion, education and institutional capacity, through the improvement of education and training systems necessary for the adaptation of skills and qualifications, the up skilling of the labour force, and the creation of new jobs in sectors related to the environment and energy.

The ESF contribution allocated to the thematic objective "Supporting the shift to a low carbon, resource efficient economy", as a secondary theme, amounts to EUR 1.1 bn and additional ESF funding could further support actions related to this thematic objective.

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (in the field of energy) (Regulation No 1305/2013): In the field of energy, the EAFRD focuses on the support of rural development under investment in physical assets. Support for processing of agricultural biomass for renewable energy, production of bioenergy for on farm use and support of infrastructure for energy supply for distributing renewable energy are available. Under farm and business development measure, renewable energy production can also be supported as a startup aid for non agricultural activities or diversification into non agricultural activities.

Connecting Europe Facility EU Financing Programme (in the field of transport sector) (Regulation EU 1316/2013): The overall objective of the CEF is to help create high performing and environmentally sustainable interconnected networks across Europe, thereby contributing to economic growth and social and territorial cohesion within the Union. Such investments in infrastructure are also instrumental in allowing the EU to meet its sustainable growth objectives outlined in the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Union priorities, notably those related to "Jobs, growth and investment", "Digital single market" and "Energy Union and climate".

Common Agricultural Policy Direct payments and interventions in markets ("First Pillar"): Olive Oil: The European Commission pursues the implementation of an Action plan for the quality of olive oil adopted in 2012. (...) Certain Member States (IT, FR and EL) benefit from EU co financing for a maximum amount of EUR 47.6 million to support programmes carried out by producer organisations and interbranch organisations in the areas of market knowledge, improvement of environmental impact, improvement competitiveness, quality, traceability schemes and dissemination of information.

Common Agricultural Policy Direct payments and interventions in markets ("First Pillar"): Fruits and vegetables: The objectives of the fruit and vegetables scheme remain to improve the competitiveness and market orientation of the fruit and vegetable sector, reduce producers' income fluctuations resulting from crises, promote consumption so contributing to improved public health and enhance environmental safeguards. The support measures include:
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(e) environmental measures, particularly those relating to water, and methods of production respecting the environment, including organic farming;
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