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List of Concessions, 2019
No. ISIC Business activities Investment conditions Management level Relevant legislation Responsible ministries
Central Provincial
Railway construction, goods and (...) - Conduct social-economic and environmental Law on Environmental Protection No. 29/NA, 18
passenger transportation activities impact assessments of the project; November 2012

Japan has in place a system of prior confirmation to collect data on certain imports. The system is intended to ensure that these imports are for specific uses, and to verify documentation and origin requirements. Prior confirmation is required from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, or other relevant minister; some items require confirmation from Customs. The system is used, inter alia, for goods where fraudulent declarations have been found in the past or are deemed more high risk. These include: vaccine of microbial origin for experimental use; uranium catalysts; specified foreign cultural property; tuna; marlin; whales; psychotropics; poppy and hemp seeds; certain substances listed in the Montreal Protocol; radioisotopes; diamonds; and various other chemicals and pharmaceutical products.

In 2015, Norway issued new regulations aimed at preventing the introduction and spread of foreign organisms, i.e. the Regulations relating to alien organisms issued pursuant to the Nature Diversity Act. , These new rules came into force on 1 January 2016. The purpose of the Regulations is to prevent the import, release and spread of alien organisms that have or may have adverse impacts on biological or landscape diversity. It includes a general requirement of a permit for the import of organisms, and for the release of alien organisms, however with a number of exceptions. The Regulations also include a prohibition against the import, release and placing on the market of 31 alien organisms, mainly plants, but also live American Lobster (Homarus americanus). Several hundred species are subject to exemption (Annex II) and about 70 species are subject to specific authorization to import (Annex III) per a licence. The regulation also imposes a duty of care on persons who may introduce a species so that preventative action or remediation can take place to limit the consequences on the environment. Norway has not implemented the EU Regulation 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.

The Competition Act (Chapter 50B) applies to all undertakings, i.e. all natural or legal persons capable of commercial or economic activity, regardless of whether they are foreign-owned, Singapore-owned, or owned by the Government or its statutory boards, except for several activities, including energy services, the supply of piped water and the supply of waste water management services

A number of products remain subject to export controls on grounds of safety, security, and environmental protection reasons, and in order to ensure compliance with international obligations under treaties and conventions to which South Africa is a signatory.

Under the Novel Food Regulations, importers of fruits, vegetables, tubers, seed and grains, amongst others, that are derived from transgenic plants are subject to CFIA import requirements, while if the plant pest potential of a plant with novel traits has not yet been assessed by the CFIA, its import requires an import permit issued under the Plant Protection Regulations

Exports requiring a licence remain largely the same as at the time of the previous Review; the only changes have been to add waste and scrap of lead-acid batteries to the list in 2012, and various ODSs in 2014 (Table 3.8). (...)

(…) These Catalogues include 394 tariff lines (in HS 2007 at the 8-digit level) that are subject to import prohibition under processing trade. These products include: mineral products; organic chemicals (e.g. anthracite, bituminous coking coal and lignite); fertilizers (e.g. urea, animal and vegetable fertilizers other than guano); new hides and skins; iron and steel; machines and electric equipment; waste and used scrap metal; and used mechanical and electrical products. According to the authorities, imports of these products are prohibited under processing trade for reasons of national security, environmental protection, or human, animal and plant health and safety concerns.

The importation of certain goods into Peru may be banned or restricted in order to preserve or protect human life and health, public morals, natural resources and the environment, or in compliance with international agreements signed by Peru, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Peru does not apply quantitative import restrictions.

Table 3.16 Department rules related to price controls, 2017
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Administrative Measures on the Criteria of Levies on Pollutant Discharge (Nullified on 1 January 2018) Order of the State Planning Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Economic and Trade Commission [2003] No. 31
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Administrative Measures on the Price of Water Supplied by Conservancy Projects NDRC and the Ministry of Water Resources Order [2003] No. 4