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Table 3.9 Prohibitions, restrictions or licensing on exports, 2019
Product: Certain animal and plant species
Measure: Prohibition/restriction
Rationale: CITES
Legislation: Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97; and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 865/2006

Table 3.9 Prohibitions, restrictions or licensing on exports, 2019
Product: Mercury and mercury products
Measure: Prohibited
Rationale: Minamata Convention on Mercury
Legislation: Regulation (EU) No. 2017/852

Table 3.9 Prohibitions, restrictions or licensing on exports, 2019
Product: Waste
Measure: Prohibition/restriction
Rationale: Basel Convention for the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal; OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations
Legislation: Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 and its subsequent amendments; and Regulation (EC) No. 1418/2007

Table 3.9 Prohibitions, restrictions or licensing on exports, 2019
Product: Bluefin tuna
Measure: Prohibition/restriction
Rationale: International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
Legislation: Regulation (EU) No. 640/2010

Table 3.9 Prohibitions, restrictions or licensing on exports, 2019
Product: Fish of vessels from Cambodia and Guinea
Measure: Prohibition
Rationale: Protection of the environment
Legislation: Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008; and Council Implementing Decision of 24 March 2014

Table 3.12 Overview of legislation pertaining to export credits, guarantees or insurance
Legislation: OECD Arrangement [a]
Title: Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits
Overview: (...) There are also six Annexes containing sectoral understandings. [b]
(...)

[a] Incorporated through Regulation (EU) No. 1233/2011.
[b] Sectoral understandings include: Ships; Nuclear Power Plants; Civil Aircraft; Renewable Energy, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, and Water Projects; Rail Infrastructure; and Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Projects.

3.128. The ERDF aims to strengthen economic and social cohesion by correcting imbalances between EU regions. It focuses its investments on four priority areas: innovation and research; the digital agenda; support for SMEs; and a low-carbon economy. (...) Also, some ERDF resources must be channeled towards low-carbon economy projects: more developed regions, 20%; transition regions, 15%; and less-developed regions, 12%.

3.129. The EAFRD is worth EUR 100 billion over 2014-20, with a further EUR 61 billion of public funding in EU countries. Member States and regions draw up their rural development programmes, based on the needs of their territories and addressing at least four of the following six EU priorities: fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas; enhancing the viability and competitiveness of all types of agriculture, and promoting innovative farm technologies and sustainable forest management; promoting food chain organization, animal welfare and risk management in agriculture; restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry; promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy in the agriculture, food and forestry sectors; (...)

3.131. The CF covers member States whose gross national income per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average , and, inter alia, funds projects in the field of transport and environmental infrastructure. The CF's overall policy goal is to support job creation, business competitiveness, economic growth, and sustainable development in all regions. It allocates a total of EUR 63.4 billion to activities under trans-European transport networks (TEN-E) and the environment.

3.132. The EMFF helps fishermen in the transition towards sustainable fishing; supports coastal communities in diversifying their economies; finances projects that create new jobs and improve quality of life along European coasts; supports sustainable aquaculture developments; and makes it easier for applicants to access financing. It is used to co-finance projects, along with national funding. Each member State is allocated a share of the total EMFF budget, based on the size of its fishing industry. (...)