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In terms of the applied regime, for considerations of national security, navigation safety, and environmental protection, China applies compulsory pilotage for foreign vessels and grants equal treatment on pilotage fees

The Rural Development Strategy (RDS) is intended to reduce the incidence of rural poverty from 66 to 52 per cent before 2015 by creating the conditions for sustainable economic and social development that will guarantee food security for the population and the sustainable management of natural resources.

(...) Vanuatu embraces a balanced approach fisheries and biodiversity through sustainable conservation, management and development. The Policy focuses on improving fisheries governance and sustainable and economically viable fisheries and aquaculture, access to finance: (...)

Law No. 532, Law on the Promotion of Renewable Electricity Generation, published in Official Journal No. 102 of 27 May 2005, lays down incentives for generating projects that draw on the country's renewable energies for the public electricity service in order to broaden public access to energy, especially in rural areas, to generate electricity mainly from renewable sources, and to increase energy savings and efficiencies

4.4. The Ministry responsible for agriculture is responsible for the formulation and implementation of agricultural policy. However, in line with the composition of the Government of 15 September 2009, as reshuffled on 25 September 2012, a number of other departments also have a role in agriculture, namely the Ministry of Forestry Economics and Sustainable Development, the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, and certain services attached to the Office of the President are responsible for steering the agricultural sector (General Major Public Works Delegation), each in its own specific area.

The MERCOSUR economic integration and sustainable development programme (ECONORMAS-MERCOSUR) is under way, pursuing four lines of action including, inter alia, sustainable production and consumption; action to combat desertification and the impact of drought; implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)

China's overall main trade policy objective is to accelerate its opening up to the outside world. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in November 2013 approved a Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms. (…) In addition, during the session it was decided to set up a monitoring system to promote ecological progress and fight environmental pollution and improve the use of natural resources. (…)

To control illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing, the government of TKPM has established various legal frameworks and measures, including: participating in the RFMOs (regional fisheries management organizations) and cooperating with member economies bilaterally; establishing a record of licensed fishing vessels (white list); requiring fishing vessels to implement a vessel monitoring system (VMS); requiring fishing vessels to report their catches either through VMS or by fax; implementing management measures on transhipment in the port or at sea; dispatching patrol vessels to conduct boarding and inspection; implementing the Observer Program and the Statistical Document and Catch Document Scheme; controlling fishing capacity of the fleet; allocating fishing quotas and limitations on the fishing area; and promulgating the National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing, in 2013, in response to the adoption of the FAO International Plan of Action on IUU.

Hong Kong, China–Chile FTA was signed on 7 September 2012 (…) Apart from trade in goods and services, the FTA contains provisions to promote competition, facilitate access to each other's government procurement market, protect intellectual property, enhance cooperation in customs procedures, and protect the environment through trade initiatives.

(…) The Foreign Investment Law also contains social and environmental protection provisions.