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2.12 (...) the tourism and gaming industries are already the main pillars of the economy, the objective is to guide their development away from an excessive reliance on high-end gaming and into more sustainable tourism activities (...).

Table 2.1 Main trade-related legislation issued/amended/revised since 2013
Date of publication; Legislation; Content
12 December 2016; Chief Executive Decision No. 410/2016; Bans all imports and transhipment of hazardous wastes, as listed in Annex I of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.

Table 2.1 Main trade-related legislation issued/amended/revised since 2013
Date of publication; Legislation; Content
22 May 2017; Law No. 2/2017, CITES (...); Revises fines and penalties for violation of the CITES law, Establishes a compulsory registration system for four types of CITES stakeholders (...).
5 June 2017; Administrative Regulation No. 19/2017 (...); Outlines import and export procedures, and the compulsory registration procedures for: (i) CITES traders (...)

Table 2.1 Main trade-related legislation issued/amended/revised since 2013
Date of publication; Legislation; Content
1 April 2019; Chief Executive Decision No. 45/2019 (replaced Government Decision No. 219/98/M); Prohibits the import of used motor vehicles, and used engines and chassis of motor vehicles for public health and environmental reasons, with the exception of six circumstances as listed in the Decision.

Table 2.1 Main trade-related legislation issued/amended/revised since 2013
Date of publication; Legislation; Content
8 April 2019; Chief Executive Decision No. 48/2019 (prohibition of import and transit trade of asbestos); Bans the import of asbestos, for public health and environmental reasons, with the exception of seven types of products for laboratory testing and research, and seven types of products containing asbestos for which no substitutes exist.

Table 2.1 Main trade-related legislation issued/amended/revised since 2013
Date of publication; Legislation; Content
20 May 2019; Chief Executive Decision No. 81/2019 (revised the emission level as annexed to the existing Administrative Regulation No. 1/2012); Prohibits the import of brand-new automobile vehicles and engines whose emissions do not meet the EURO VI level.

Table 2.1 Main trade-related legislation issued/amended/revised since 2013
Date of publication; Legislation; Content
21 October 2019; Chief Executive Decision No. 164/2019; Bans the import and transshipment of chemicals listed in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

2.30. From the inception of the CEPA until end-May 2020, the Macao Economic Bureau (DSE) received 6,475 applications for CEPA certificates of origin, and issued 6,349 such certificates, of which 5,627 were used to export goods to China, including: (...) recycled plastics (...).

2.37. The CEPA Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (CEPA Ecotech Agreement) (...) covers 14 areas of cooperation: (...) environmental protection (...).

2.48. Macao, China seeks to foster economic diversification and sustainable development by attracting both domestic and foreign/overseas investment (...).