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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III§118 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Export quotas
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Export restrictions on specific products are imposed in order to comply with the requirements of CITES.
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MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III§4, Table III.7 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Import permits are required for some products related to health, safety and environmental protection.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III§59 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Decree No. 68-86 bans the import of animal or human waste, whether or not treated, for reasons of public health and environmental protection.
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Environment
Waste
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III§59 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Decree No. 110-97 prohibits to import or bring into Guatemala industrial or domestic products that utilize chlorofluorocarbons.
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Climate
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III§106 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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A genetically modified organisms biology group (GOB) has been constituted in order to prepare new technical regulations and standards for the import of genetically modified products, taking into account commercial and environmental aspects, but by May 2008 it had not yet started to operate.
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Bio
Environment
Genetic
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III§106 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Ministerial Decision No. 386-2006 lays down requirements on the import, transport and handling of live modified organisms (LVOs) for agricultural use within Guatemala, the establishment of field trials and production for export. LVOs must also meet the requirements laid down in Decree No. 68-86 (Law on the Protection and Improvement of the Environment).
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Environment
Genetic
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III-Table III.15 2009 Measures Intellectual property measures
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Biological processes and materials as they appear in nature (with the exception of microbiological processes) and all inventions whose commercial exploitation would be contrary to public health, human, animal or plant life and the environment are excluded from patentability.
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Bio
Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III§73-4 2009 Measures Technical regulation or specifications
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The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources is one of the principal government entities which draws up technical regulations.
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Environment
Natural resources
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-III§76 2009 Measures Technical regulation or specifications
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The National Quality System was created by Decree No. 78-2005 in order to lay down the bases for ensuring that the adoption of technical regulations intended to prevent and limit risks liable to cause injury or prejudice to persons, animals, plants or the environment do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/REV.1 S-IV§20 2009 Sectors Agriculture
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The Agricultural and Sectoral Policy for 2004-2007 identifies as one of its priorities the husbanding and the conservation of natural resources, by providing incentives for the proper use of the soil and developing programmes for its reclamation and conservation.
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Conservation
Natural resources