Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/413/REV.1 |
S-Summary§25 |
Singapore |
2021 |
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Internal taxes |
Energy |
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25. While Singapore's total energy supply grew during the period under review, its CO2 emissions started to decline in absolute terms as at 2017. Singapore revised its energy efficiency legislation and standards in 2017 and introduced a tax on greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. (...).
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Climate
Emissions
Energy
Green
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/413/REV.1 |
S-4§8 |
Singapore |
2021 |
Sectors |
Internal taxes |
All products/economic activities |
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4.8. Singapore introduced a carbon tax on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the Carbon Pricing Act that came into force on 1 January 2019. The carbon tax forms part of Singapore's comprehensive suite of mitigation measures to reduce emissions; the tax rate is currently set at SGD 5 per tonne of carbon-dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) from 2019 to 2023. The tax is applied uniformly to emissions from all sectors, including those from the manufacturing, power generation, and water and waste management sectors, with direct reckonable GHG emissions of 25,000 tCO2e or more annually. This covers around 80% of national emissions.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/419 |
G-3§19 |
Bahrain, Kingdom of |
2021 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Internal taxes |
Not specified |
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3.19. Under these broad targets, the Fiscal Balance Program aims to strengthen the Kingdom's fiscal and economic foundations to ensure the sustainability of resources for future generations, through: (...) d) establishing rules for the sustainable use of resources; (...).
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/419 |
G-3§48 |
Bahrain, Kingdom of |
2021 |
Measures |
Internal taxes |
Not specified |
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3.48. The Kingdom of Bahrain introduced Excise Tax system on 30 December 2017, in accordance with Law No. 39 of 2017 ratifying the Unified Agreement on Selective Tax for the Countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. The Excise Tax is imposed on specific goods harmful to human health and the environment. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/399/REV.1 |
S-3§39 |
Tajikistan |
2021 |
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Internal taxes |
Services |
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3.39. Foreign vehicles, except vehicles from Uzbekistan (on the basis of reciprocity), entering or transiting through Tajikistan must pay fees to Customs, in accordance with the Government Resolution No. 546 on Approval of Fee Rates for the Implementation of Legally Significant Actions and Fees for Issuing Permits to Use Natural and Other Available Resources, 2007. According to the Government Resolution No. 553 on the Collection of Environmental Payments from Motor Vehicles of the Kyrgyz Republic upon Entry into the Territory of Tajikistan, 2017, vehicles from the Kyrgyz Republic must also pay environmental fees upon entry into the territory of Tajikistan. Fees are paid to the Customs Service. The authorities indicated that this measure is a reciprocal response to a measure adopted by the Kyrgyz Republic.
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Environment
Natural resources
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/399/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.10 |
Tajikistan |
2021 |
Measures |
Internal taxes |
Other |
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Table 3.10 Tax structure, 2013-18
Taxes on natural resources (TJS million)
2013:127.2
2014: 196.4
2015: 229.4
2016: 396.7
2017: 508.7
2018: 645.6
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/417/REV.1 |
S-3§30 |
Mauritius |
2021 |
Measures |
Internal taxes |
Energy |
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3.30. The Maurice Ile Durable levy (MID) is a tax on fossil fuels established in July 2008 to finance clean energy projects (e.g. subsidies for compact fluorescent lamps and solar water heaters). The MID is levied on coal and liquefied petroleum gas at MUR 0.30 per kg, and on fuel oil 180, fuel 380, and Jet A1 aviation fuel (at MUR 0.30 per litre). In 2015, the MID of MUR 0.30 was removed from marine gas oil 2,500 ppm used for bunkering, and in 2019 the MID of MUR 0.30 per litre was removed on motor gasoline and gas oils. According to the authorities, this was done to combat price increases of these products; however, it runs counter to the Government's environmental protection policy.
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Clean
Energy
Environment
Renewable
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/417/REV.1 |
S-4§171 |
Mauritius |
2021 |
Sectors |
Internal taxes |
Services |
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4.171. An Environment Protection Fee of 0.85% is levied on the turnover of hotels, guesthouses, or tourist residences of more than four bedrooms, as well as on hotel management companies and tour operators. This fee was suspended from March 2020 until 31 December 2020.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/382 |
S-Table-III.8 |
United States of America |
2018 |
Measures |
Anti-dumping measure / investigation |
Chemicals |
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Table 3.8 EAPA investigations (eligible for public disclosure), 2016-July 2018
Investigation/date of initiation Interim measures Final determination
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Choice Refrigerants: Evasion of the AD duty order on Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from China/5 September 2017 Pending. CBP was unable to determine whether the merchandise imported by LM Supply is subject to the AD order. Accordingly, pursuant to the EAPA, it referred this matter to the USDOC for a determination as to whether the merchandise at issue is within the scope of the AD order. Pending a determination on a scope referral to the USDOC.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/376/REV.1 |
S-III§37 |
Israel |
2018 |
Measures |
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Manufacturing |
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Israel applies a mandatory lesser duty rule in respect of final AD and CVD measures; where the Commissioner or the Advisory Committee finds that a duty less than the margin of dumping or rate of subsidization is sufficient to prevent material injury to the domestic industry, the lower rate is to be applied. The rule has been applied to all measures imposed since 2013. Further, under Israeli law, the imposition of AD/CVD duties is permissive and, in deciding whether to levy a duty, the Minister of Economy and Industry must take into account, inter alia, the trade relationship between Israel and foreign countries and reasons pertaining to the economy in general. Thus, in 2010, the Minister of Finance determined that there was no causal link between the dumping and the injury and no such duty was imposed on recycled containerboards from the European Union.
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