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The Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 empowers the Commission to establish, by means of delegated acts, the cases and conditions under which certain categories of animals and goods may be exempted from checks at border control posts. The categories of animals and goods exempted from checks at border control posts include certain categories of fishery products and certain categories of animals and goods entering the Union through certain Greek islands and through certain French territories.

The EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (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 Agreement also contains provisions such as on Government Procurement, Investment Liberalisation, 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, and a Dispute Settlement Mechanism.

5. The import of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) is subject to licensing. In the context of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on the substances that deplete the ozone layer, the European Commission issues ODS licences based on applications submitted via the ODS Licensing System. Imports (as well as exports) of controlled substances, referred to hereby as ozone depleting substances (ODS) and products and equipment containing or relying on ODS are prohibited. However, there are exemptions to this prohibition.

6. The import of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) is subject to licensing. In the context of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on the substances that deplete the ozone layer, the European Commission issues ODS licences based on applications submitted via the ODS Licensing System. Imports (as well as exports) of controlled substances, referred to hereby as ozone depleting substances (ODS) and products and equipment containing or relying on ODS are prohibited. However, there are exemptions to this prohibition.
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Companies must have a prior valid license registration to import and export fluorinated gases (f-gases) into and from the European Union. Further, for import of bulk hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) it is a requirement that the quantity of HFCs placed on the market are covered by quota on an annual basis. In addition, importers placing on the market (e.g. import released for free circulation) refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment charged with HFCs must also be registered and the quantities of HFCs must be accounted for within the quota system at the time of import. This must be documented and a declaration of conformity must be drawn up in this respect. Also, the placing on the market of certain products and equipment containing f-gases with a certain global warming potential are prohibited and the placing on the market of non-refillable containers of fluorinated gases is forbidden. Equipment, products and containers with fluorinated gases must be labelled appropriately.

8. The import of waste into the EU is for some waste controlled under a permit system administered by the national competent authorities. Its requirements are tied in with those of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.
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In accordance with the EU's obligations under the Basel convention and in the organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the regulation applies to hazardous wastes and other wastes as listed in the schedules of the Basel Convention.

9. Under the FLEGT licensing scheme the EU has concluded FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with a number of countries. Timber products (defined in the Agreements by HS codes) exported from FLEGT partner countries to the EU are covered by a FLEGT licence issued by the licensing authority of that country. The FLEGT licence demonstrates that the timber products have complied with relevant legislation as set out in the corresponding bilateral FLEGT VPAs. Once operational the implementation of the licensing scheme requires that imports of relevant timber products into the EU be made subject to a system of checks and controls so that only FLEGT licenced timber will be imported to the EU.

10. The EU Wildlife Trade Regulations are based on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and comprise a double-checking system involving export and import controls both at the country of origin and at EU level. The EU Wildlife Trade Regulations and CITES cover trade in, by default, all specimens, whether alive or dead, including parts and derivatives, from animal and plant species listed in the Annexes (EU Regulation)/Appendices (CITES) . The term “trade” (in CITES “trade” refers to all cross-border movements of CITES specimens) encompasses not only trade in a commercial sense but also, for example, imports and (re‐)exports for personal use. The species covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 – the "Basic Regulation" which together with several Implementing Regulations constitute the "Wildlife Trade Regulations"

The EU–Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) contains a political, sectoral cooperation and a trade part, complemented by institutional provisions. In its trade part, the Agreement provides for the liberalization of trade in services within the meaning of Article V of the GATS. The Trade title of the Agreement also contains provisions such as on trade in goods, technical barriers to trade, competition (including subsidies), State Owned Enterprises, public procurement, Intellectual Property Rights (including geographical indications), Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, customs cooperation, sustainable development, and a Dispute Settlement Mechanism. The Agreement does not include tariff liberalization, nor mandatory technical regulatory alignment in the area of goods.

This directive updates the existing one and introduces a binding EU-wide target for energy from renewable sources in EU final energy consumption. In particular, this directive:
• clarifies and creates some concepts (e.g. renewable s self-consumers, renewable energy communities);
• frames the design of support schemes by Member States;
• establishes how joint projects between Member States and third countries shall be accounted under this directive;
• streamlines administrative procedures;
• revises the rules on guaranties of origin;
• contains rules on access to and operation of the grids;
• contains new rules on district heating and cooling;
• promotes the use of renewable energy in transport; and
• provides that Member States shall establish enabling frameworks for power purchase agreements.

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