Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-Table-III.2 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
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Export licences |
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Table 3.2 List of goods subject to export authorization or licensing
Product Document required Competent authority
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Wild animals, hunting trophies and protected species of animals Export certificate Wildlife and Hunting Directorate
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-III§49 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
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Technical regulation or specifications |
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Standardization is governed by Framework Law No. 2009 016 [20], which transposed the relevant community provisions. The legislation provides for the creation of the Togolese Standardization Agency ; the Togolese Approval Committee; the Togolese Metrology Agency; the Togolese Quality Promotion Agency; and the High Authority for Quality and the Environment. [22] These institutions have not yet been set up. Standardization is the responsibility of the Directorate of Standardization, Industrial Metrology and Quality Promotion.
[20] Framework Law No. 2009 016 on organization of the national scheme for the harmonization of standardization, approval, certification, accreditation, metrology, the environment and quality promotion.
[22] Decree No. 2015 125/PR on the role, organization and functioning of the High Authority for Quality and the Environment.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-III§51 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
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Technical regulation or specifications |
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Togo has not signed any mutual recognition agreements and does not have any environmental standards in force.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-III§61 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
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Ban/Prohibition |
Agriculture |
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The import of products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is banned. It is also prohibited to handle GMOs. A committee to be responsible for GMO related matters was set up in 2016, but is not yet operating. The legislation on biosafety is currently being revised.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-III§80 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
Measures |
Intellectual property measures |
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Togo is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and has acceded to numerous WIPO administered treaties. During the review period, it ratified a certain number of multilateral intellectual property treaties. [40] (...)
[40] These were (year of entry into force in brackets): Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2016); (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-IV§26 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
Sectors |
Other environmental requirements |
Fisheries |
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Fishing licences are granted for a period of one year. With a view to combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the authorities have suspended the registration of fishing vessels and the issuing of fishing licences to foreign vessels and struck off fishing vessels suspected of illegal activities.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-IV§28 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
Sectors |
Grants and direct payments, Tax concessions |
Fisheries |
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Fisheries sector operators are exempt from duties and taxes on the purchase of materials and equipment necessary for them to engage in their activity. The Government also supplies small-scale fishermen with fishing nets.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-IV§30 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
Sectors |
Other environmental requirements |
Forestry |
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In 2011, the authorities took measures to regulate trade in forest species. Under the legislation, the export, re-export and transit of forest resources are subject to the procurement of an authorization issued by the line ministry. The export of forest species logs more than 20 cm in diameter is prohibited without prior processing. Operators are required to pay a fee earmarked for reforestation. In the case of a 20 foot type container, the fee is CFAF 50,000 for processed teak wood; CFAF 500,000 for teak logs and roundwood; CFAF 100,000 for other forest species; and CFAF 100,000 for species in transit.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-IV§31 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
Sectors |
Ban/Prohibition |
Forestry |
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A ten-year moratorium on the cutting, marketing, import and re-export of Pterocarpus erinaceus ("false teak") timber was imposed in 2016 to protect the environment. This moratorium followed on from a measure provisionally suspending the cutting and marketing of the wood, adopted in May 2016, and a measure temporarily suspending the re-exporting of the wood, adopted in May 2015.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/362 |
S-IV§53 |
The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Togo |
2017 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Energy |
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The national energy policy is aimed at ensuring that, by 2030, the entire population has access to clean, high-quality and competitive energy that preserves the environment, while doing everything possible to develop an efficient and sustainable energy supply system based on public and private, individual and collective initiatives capable of promoting Togo's economic and social development. In 2010, the country's generating capacity was 161 MW. The Government's objective is to achieve a production capacity of 300 MW as from 2015 and 500 MW in 2020.
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Clean
Energy
Environment
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Conservation
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