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Draft of Climate Change Response Act: The Environmental Protection Administration is proposing to revise to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act to establish a resilient system that can react quickly to impacts of climate change and expedite the transition to net zero emission by introducing carbon tax and incentives for development of low carbon technology. Below is the summary of the revisions:
- To rename the Act to be "Climate Change Response Act;"
- To include the goal of net zero emissions by 2050;
- To enhance the level of climate governance, designate the body for coordinating related affairs, and assign the responsibilities to different sectors;
- To introduce climate change adaptation chapter, including basic capacity building, science-based risk assessment of climate change, and establishment of climate change governance and coordination mechanism between all levels of government, together with the existing mitigation chapter to make climate strategies complete;
- To introduce the graded verification system according to the scope of emissions and the type of entities, in response to the rising demand for verification;
- To introduce GHG emissions performance standards for certain equipment or industrial processes;
- To draw up permissible GHG emissions or mitigation requirements for the manufacture, importation, selling of motor vehicles;
- To impose carbon fee in stages on the direct and indirect GHG emissions, with the revenue being earmarked for GHG reduction, development of low carbon and negative emission technologies and industries, subsidies and awards for investments in GHG reduction technologies, to promote GHG reduction and low carbon economy development;
- To draw up regulations for imports: entities who import certain goods shall purchase reduction credits according to the differences in carbon emission; and
- To prohibit or restrict the manufacture, import, export, selling, use or emission of high global warming potential GHGs regulated by international environmental conventions, as well as products made with such GHGs. (...)

Proposal for Amendments to Requirements on Minimum Energy Performance Standard and Energy Efficiency Rating Labeling and Inspection of Non-ducted Air Conditioning Machines: With a view to enhancing the efficiency of energy use, the Bureau of Energy intends to modify the minimum energy performance standards, energy efficiency rating labelling requirements.

Proposal for Legal Inspection Requirements for Polyvinyl Chloride Floorcoverings: Polyvinyl chloride (hereafter referred to as "PVC") products are possible to have plasticizer contamination, resulting in environmental hormone effects and carcinogenic risk due to the exposure to PVC. Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) is aware of 56% of randomly purchased PVC floorcoverings samples did not meet plasticizer content requirements of the standard. Considering the harmful effects of PVC to children and human health, the BSMI intends to regulate the safety and quality requirements for PVC floorcoverings. The conformity assessment procedure is Declaration of Conformity.

With a view to enhancing the efficiency of energy use, the Bureau of Energy proposes to amend the minimum energy performance standards and energy efficiency rating labelling requirements for electric storage tank water heaters.

Technical Regulations "Requirements for nicotine-containing products": Developed on the basis of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On technical regulation" and establishes requirements for nicotine-containing products.

Technical Regulations "Safety of fortified flour": Developed in accordance with the law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On Food Fortification" in order to regulate the quality and safety standards of flour.

Technical Regulations "Fruit and/or vegetable juice products": Programme on development of technical regulations for 2015-2016 years; Developed in order to regulate the consumer market.

Technical Regulations "Safety of products intended for children and adolescents": Programme on development of Technical regulations for 2015-2016 year; Developed in order to regulate the consumer market.

Technical Regulations "Construction materials and articles": Programme on development of technical regulations for 2014 year; Developed in order to regulate the consumer market.

Technical Regulations "Safety of low-voltage equipment": Programme on development of technical regulations for 2015-2016 years; Developed in order to regulate the consumer market.