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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/261/REV.2 S-III§116 Philippines 2012 Measures Intellectual property measures
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Methods for the treatment of human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practiced on the human or animal body; and plant varieties or animal breeds or essentially biological process for the production of plants or animals are excluded from patent protection
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Bio
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/261/REV.2 S-IV§4, 11-12 2012 Sectors Agriculture
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The Organic Agriculture Act in 2010 promotes organic farming inter alia through fiscal incentives, while the Climate Change Act (2009), inter alia, mainstreams climate change into government policy formulation, establishes the framework strategy and programme on climate change, and creates the climate change commission
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Bio
Climate
Fish
Organic
Forest
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/261/REV.2 S-IV§23, S-III§69; Box IV.1; Table AIII.3 2012 Sectors Agriculture
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The Philippines introduced mandatory incorporation of locally sourced biofuel into gasoline and diesel in 2007
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Bio
Waste
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/261/REV.2 S-IV§26 2012 Sectors Fisheries
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The regulation of imported live exotic species and live prawn and shrimp is based on import risk analysis and existing biosafety laws
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Bio
Wildlife
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/261/REV.2 S-IV§37; Table IV.4; Table IV.15 2012 Sectors Services
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Philippines has made commitments of services related to the environment under the ASEAN FTAs with Australia and New Zealand; China; and Korea, as well as through its Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/261/REV.2 S-IV§126; Table IV.14 2012 Sectors Services
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Available fiscal incentives under the Tourism Act include social responsibility incentive in the form of a tax deduction from income or other national taxes equivalent to a reasonable percentage (maximum 50%) of the cost of environmental protection or cultural preservation activities
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Environment
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/262 G-II§32 United Arab Emirates 2012 Sectors Services
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On the liberalization of services within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the Council had liberalized trade in services for roughly 100 sub-sectors of services, including, inter alia, environmental services
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Environment
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/262; WT/TPR/S/262/REV.1 G-III§40, 67-68; S-IV§172 2012 Sectors Energy
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The UAE has put in place a comprehensive energy strategy till the year 2030 that aims at diversifying and developing the sources of energy to include more renewable ones and to secure a healthy environment that is in line with the country’s goals, such as a joint project with the United Nations to reduce carbon emissions through the Dubai Carbon Center, the Global Climate Treaty, and the Modified Kyoto Protocol
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Clean
Climate
Emissions
Energy
Environment
Renewable
Waste
MEAs
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/262 G-III§90 2012 Sectors Other
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The UAE started to create plans and find solutions to preserve ground water source for future generations
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Conservation
Water
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/262/REV.1 S-II§13 2012 Trade Policy Framework
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Since 2008, the development and administration of trade policy has been under the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Trade (previously the Ministry of Economy and Planning), in coordination with other ministries at the federal level and trade-related bodies and local departments, including the Ministry of Environment and Water
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Environment