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WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-IV§139 |
Benin |
2010 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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The Songhai project and the Beninese Organization for the Promotion of Organic Agriculture (OBEPAB) have been promoting sustainable development by focusing on making the best use of local resources and developing sustainable systems of agricultural production, as well as protecting the health of producers and consumers and the environment
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Environment
Organic
Sustainable
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-IV§153 |
Benin |
2010 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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A growing number of pineapple-producing organizations in Benin are turning towards the export of "organic" and "fair trade" pineapples, with organic (Ecocert) and fair trade (Fairtrade Labelling organization) certification
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-IV§165 |
Benin |
2010 |
Sectors |
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Energy |
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A strategy to develop local energy resources and an action plan for renewable energy were introduced in 2006
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-IV§183 |
Benin |
2010 |
Sectors |
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Energy |
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The Government wants to encourage energy substitution so as to obtain greater energy efficiency (replacing heavy fuel by natural gas and charcoal by LPG)
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-IV§242 |
Benin |
2010 |
Sectors |
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Services |
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Benin ratified the Abidjan Convention in 1997 which serves as a basis for the policies implemented in several West African coastal countries to remedy the ecological problems that threaten natural resources and are caused for the most part by non-sustainable exploitation of resources
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Environment
Natural resources
Sustainable
Eco
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-V-Table V.2 |
Benin |
2010 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The World Bank's portfolio, financed by the IDA, supports a number of projects for a total commitment for all the projects amounting to US$308.3 million in areas such as rural development and the environment
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-V-Table V.2 |
Benin |
2010 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) implements its development assistance on behalf of Canada focusing during the period 2004-2009 on the environment and governance
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-V-Table V.2 |
Benin |
2010 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Cooperation agreement on biofuels signed in 2007 with Brazil
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| Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
S-V§278 |
Benin |
2010 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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In 2007, under Window II of the Integrated Framework, Benin submitted an export development programme (PADex) which, inter alia, aims at promoting sustainable tourism
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| Government TPR; Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/G/236; WT/TPR/S/236/REV.1 |
G-II§30; S-III§84 |
Burkina Faso |
2010 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
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Import and/or export prohibition maintained on, among others, environmental protection grounds in compliance with WAEMU rules
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