Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/413/REV.1 |
S-Table-A3.1 |
Singapore |
2021 |
Measures |
Grants and direct payments |
Manufacturing |
Relevant information
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Table A3.1 Selected tax and non-tax incentives, and SME support, 2020
Economic Development Board
Scheme: Resource Efficiency Grant for Energy
Description: Co-funding to achieve greenhouse gas emissions abatement. Funding support of up to 50% of qualifying costs.
Eligibility: Singapore-registered companies in the manufacturing and data centre sectors, with group annual sales turnover of more than SGD 500 million.
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Climate
Emissions
Energy
Green
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/413/REV.1 |
S-Table-A3.2 |
Singapore |
2021 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
Agriculture, Manufacturing |
Relevant information
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Table A3.2 Changes to SPS requirements for food products, October 2015-August 2020
Trade-related measure: Draft Food (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Brief description: (...) requirement that food products labelled as "organic" (or similar terms) must be certified as organic under an inspection and certification system that complies with the Codex Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (...).
Effective date: February 2016
Link to Singapore Food Agency (SFA) website/WTO notification and date: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/SFA1973-RG1; G/SPS/N/SGP/56, 27/10/2015
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/418 |
G-2§20 |
Oman |
2021 |
Measures |
Other measures |
Other |
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2.20. The privatization process has progressed in the electricity sector, (...) and wastewater and hazardous waste sectors.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/418 |
G-6§14 |
Oman |
2021 |
Measures |
Export licences |
Fisheries |
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6.14. (...) There are no export licensing requirements or procedures nor any export performance requirements. (...) Three species of fish are subject to export restrictions during breeding and reproduction season, for environmental reasons.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/418/REV.1 |
S-3§4 |
Oman |
2021 |
Measures |
Export licences, Import licences |
Not specified |
Relevant information
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3.4. In June 2015, Oman launched Bayan, an import and export reporting and management electronic system, to improve the efficiency of its customs procedures. The Royal Oman Police lists 30 objectives of the Bayan system, notably to reinforce controls over security, health, and environment issues (...).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/418/REV.1 |
S-3§29 |
Oman |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Chemicals, Other |
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3.29. Oman operates import prohibitions for reasons of human, plant, and animal health; public morals; environment; (...) Oman is a participant in the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes, the Rotterdam Convention on Trade in Hazardous Chemicals, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Montreal Protocol, and CITES, among others.
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Environment
Hazardous
MEAs
Organic
Pollution
Waste
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/418/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.6 |
Oman |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Manufacturing, Other |
Relevant information
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Table 3.6 Import prohibitions
HS Code: 39232990
Institution: Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion (MOCIIP)
Products: Plastic bags
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/418/REV.1 |
S-3§30 |
Oman |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Manufacturing, Mining |
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3.30. Since its last Review in 2014, Oman has added several items to its list of prohibited imports: (...), asbestos goods and products, private vehicles older than seven years, (...).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/418/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.7 |
Oman |
2021 |
Measures |
Import licences |
Chemicals, Manufacturing, Other |
Relevant information
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Table 3.7 Import restrictions, June 2021
HS Code: 26, 28-29, 38
Institution: Environment Authority
Products: (...) Gases, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment; Wild animals, caviar, bags and shoes of genuine leather, articles of ivory and tortoiseshell bones, horns, coral and shells; Waste chemicals, waste polymers and plastics, waste rubber, scrap and waste iron, copper, nickel, lead, zinc and tin, and waste metals
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Environment
Ozone
Plastic
Waste
Wildlife
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/418/REV.1 |
S-3§41 |
Oman |
2021 |
Measures |
Export licences, Other environmental requirements |
Fisheries |
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3.41. (...) Export restrictions apply to date palms and seedlings , and to specific species of fish and molluscs in cases of over-exploitation, notably during breeding seasons. [48] (...).
[48] The latest ban on abalone fishing, which lasted for two years, was removed through Ministerial Decision No. 246/2019. To regulate stocks, a ban on lobster fishing applies from June to February, and shrimp fishing is allowed only from September to November.
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