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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/249/REV.1 S-III§289 India 2011 Measures Intellectual property measures
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Registration of a variety is not allowed when it is necessary to prevent commercial exploitation of such variety to protect public order or public morality or human, animal, and plant life and health or to avoid serious damage to the environment
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/249/REV.1 S-IV§27; Table IV.3 2011 Sectors Agriculture
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In addition to export restrictions and prohibitions, India imposes export taxes, which are used to, inter alia, promote further processing of natural resources, and preserve natural resources, and implements a National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture to address climate change
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Natural resources
Conservation
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/249/REV.1 S-IV§48 2011 Sectors Agriculture
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The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) administers funds that ensure the availability of credit to farmers to finance irrigation, rural roads and bridges, health and education, soil conservation, drinking water schemes, flood protection and forest management projects
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Soil
Conservation
Forest
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/249/REV.1 S-IV§170 2011 Sectors Services
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Domestic and foreign investors may bid for "concession contracts" and may benefit from a number of incentives, including assistance for, inter alia, acquiring land and obtaining clearances (e.g. environmental or pollution clearances)
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Environment
Pollution
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/249/REV.1 S-IV§186 2011 Sectors Services
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The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) in cooperation with the UN Environment Programme and the UN World Tourism Organization, has developed and issued 37 quality standards to be applied by tourism operators in order to ensure sustainable development tourism
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Environment
Sustainable
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/243 G-III§21-23 Japan 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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With a view to enhancing the mutual supportiveness between trade and the environment, Japan has participated actively in the DDA negotiations
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Environment
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/243 G-V§45 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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APEC focuses on promoting a common basis in key sectors, including in investment, services, trade facilitation, standards/technical barriers to trade, rules of origin, intellectual property rights (IPR) and environmental goods and services (EGS)
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Environment
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/243 G-VI§66 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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Japan has been financing the African Development Bank in order to boost Africa’s sustainable development
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Sustainable
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/243 G-IX§83 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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The Subcommittee on Regulatory and Institutional Reform has three working groups including inter alia the green innovation working group (dealing with environment and energy), also re-examining relevant regulations to promote recycling rare metals
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Energy
Environment
Recycle
Green
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/245 G-IX§85 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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Under the "Regulatory Reform 100 to Revitalize Japan" program, the Government will strenuously implement regulatory and institutional reforms in five strategic fields of activity including, inter alia, promotion of investment and utilisation of the environment and energy technology
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Energy
Environment