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General Agreement on Trade in Services | S/C/N/1038 | United Kingdom | 2021 | Environmental goods and services promotion, Soil…
Environmental goods and services promotion, Soil management and conservation, Water management and conservation
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Other measures | Services | Preferential Treatment to Services and Service…
Preferential Treatment to Services and Service Suppliers in Remediation and clean up of soil & water from LDCs including Treatment, remediation of contaminated/ polluted soil and water
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General Agreement on Trade in Services | S/C/N/1038 | United Kingdom | 2021 | Environmental goods and services promotion, Other…
Environmental goods and services promotion, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Other measures | Services | Preferential Treatment to Services and Service…
Preferential Treatment to Services and Service Suppliers in Noise & vibration abatement from LDCs
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General Agreement on Trade in Services | S/C/N/1038 | United Kingdom | 2021 | Biodiversity and ecosystem, Environmental goods…
Biodiversity and ecosystem, Environmental goods and services promotion
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Other measures | Services | Preferential Treatment to Services and Service…
Preferential Treatment to Services and Service Suppliers in Protection of biodiversity and landscape from LDCs including Nature and landscape protection services
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General Agreement on Trade in Services | S/C/N/1038 | United Kingdom | 2021 | Environmental goods and services promotion, Other…
Environmental goods and services promotion, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Other measures | Services | Preferential Treatment to Services and Service…
Preferential Treatment to Services and Service Suppliers in Other environmental & ancillary services from LDCs
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Regional Trade Agreements | S/C/N/1036 ; WT/REG441/N/1 | Japan, United Kingdom | 2021 | General environmental protection | Environmental provisions in trade agreements | All products/economic activities | The Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great…
The Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership ("the Agreement") therefore creates a free trade area in goods between the United Kingdom and Japan, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS.
Provisions on trade in goods include rules of origin and preferential tariffs. As well as preferential trade in services, the Agreement also contains provisions such as on government procurement, investment liberalisation, electronic commerce, intellectual property, competition policy, subsidies, state-owned enterprises, regulatory cooperation, trade and sustainable development, cooperation in the field of agriculture, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), women's economic empowerment, and a dispute settlement mechanism. |
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Regional Trade Agreements | S/C/N/1032 ; WT/REG436/N/1 | United Kingdom, Viet Nam | 2021 | General environmental protection | Environmental provisions in trade agreements | All products/economic activities | The Free Trade Agreement between the United…
The Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam ("the Agreement") is based on the EU-Viet Nam Agreement.
The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS. Preferential treatment under the agreement will be provisionally applied by both parties as of 1 January 2021. Provisions on goods include rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas. As well as preferential trade in services, the Agreement also contains provisions on, inter alia, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, government procurement, investment liberalisation, intellectual property, competition policy, trade remedies, state-owned enterprises, customs and trade facilitation, trade and sustainable development, cooperation and capacity building, and a dispute settlement mechanism. |
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Regional Trade Agreements | S/C/N/1029 ; WT/REG431/N/1 | Korea, Republic of, United Kingdom | 2021 | General environmental protection | Environmental provisions in trade agreements | All products/economic activities | The Free Trade Agreement between the United…
The Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea (with Exchange of Notes) ("the Agreement") is based on the EU-Korea Agreement.
The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services within the meaning of Article V of the GATS. The provisions on goods include provisions on rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas. As well as preferential trade in services, it also contains commitments on technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, customs and trade facilitation, protection of intellectual property rights, government procurement, competition and transparency provisions, trade and sustainable development provisions, dispute settlement and mediation mechanisms, amongst others. |
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Regional Trade Agreements | S/C/N/1025 ; WT/REG420/N/1 | Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica,…
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom
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2021 | General environmental protection | Environmental provisions in trade agreements | All products/economic activities | The Economic Partnership Agreement between the…
The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the CARIFORUM-UK EPA) is based on the CARIFORUM EPA. The CARIFORUM-UK EPA establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS.
The CARIFORUM-UK EPA covers trade in goods, including rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas as well as investment and trade in services. It also contains provisions on current payments and capital movements, competition, innovation and intellectual property, public procurement, environment and social aspects, development cooperation as well as dispute settlement and institutional provisions. |
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General Agreement on Trade in Services | S/C/N/1007 | European Union | 2020 | Alternative and renewable energy | Other price and market based measures, Other…
Other price and market based measures, Other measures
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Energy, Services | Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European…
Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (Text with EEA relevance.)
The Electricity Regulation defines general market principles that underpin the important role of renewable energies and storage and establishes non-discriminatory market rules. It includes new rules on balancing markets that allow renewable energies and demand response to be more competitive, while allowing system operators a share of long-term procurement to ensure system stability. Market rules on day-ahead, intraday and forward markets will contribute to increased flexibility and cross-border trade closer to real time, which facilitates the market participation of renewables. (...) |
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General Agreement on Trade in Services | S/C/N/1006 | European Union | 2020 | Alternative and renewable energy, Climate change…
Alternative and renewable energy, Climate change mitigation and adaptation
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Other environmental requirements, Regulation…
Other environmental requirements, Regulation affecting movement or transit, Other price and market based measures, Other measures
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Energy, Services | Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European…
Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for and amending Directive 2012/27/EU. In particular, this Directive will:
• allow electricity to move freely throughout the EU energy market through cross-border trade, more competition and better regional cooperation; • enable more flexibility to accommodate an increasing share of renewable energy in the electricity grid; • foster more market-based investments in the sector, while decarbonising the EU energy system; • introduce a new emissions limit of 550 g CO2/kWh for power plants eligible to receive subsidies. |
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