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WT/TPR/G/214 |
G-III§71 |
European Union |
2009 |
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The EU has been playing a major role in the fight against climate change, actively supporting the climate change negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to agree on a new post-Kyoto climate regime at the international level and strengthening its Emission Trading System (EU ETS) domestically in order to meet aggressive carbon reduction targets.
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| Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/214 |
G-III§72 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The EU has been persistently supporting the liberalization of trade in environmental goods and services within the DDA negotiations.
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| Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/214 |
G-III§72 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The EC has been pursuing early liberalization of environmental goods and services in its FTAs under negotiation.
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WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
S-I§6 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The EC's Lisbon Strategy, adopted in March 2000 and reformulated in March 2005, is an action and development plan aimed at making the EC "the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion, and respect for the environment by 2010".
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WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
S-II§20-1 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The 2007-2013 Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) aims to encourage the competitiveness of European enterprises through increased use of information technologies, environmental technologies, and renewable energy sources.
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Energy
Environment
Renewable
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
S-II§30 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The EU supports key elements of sustainable development (environment protection, liberalization of trade in environment al goods and services, social development, and consumer concerns).
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
S-II§56 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Since September 2002, the EC has been negotiating economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, including provisions on development, taking account of the economic, social, and environmental constraints of ACP countries.
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
S-III§120 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The Cohesion Fund is intended to contribute to projects in the fields of environment and transport infrastructure.
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
S-III§25 |
European Union |
2009 |
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Internal taxes |
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Excise duty continues to apply to energy products (e.g. petrol and gasoline, electricity, natural gas, coal and coke).
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WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
S-III§29 |
European Union |
2009 |
Measures |
Internal taxes |
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The energy tax in the EC is regulated by Directive 2003/96/EC, in force since 1 January 2004. This Directive widened the scope of the EC's minimum rate system for energy products (previously limited to mineral oils), to all energy products including coal, natural gas, and electricity.
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