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Table 3.13 Technical regulations notified to the WTO, September 2019
Agency responsible; Products covered; Title; Date of entry into force
Transport Bureau; Newly imported motorcycles (including mopeds), diesel vehicles, heavy-duty (...); 1. Approving the Gas Pollutant Emission Parameter Table (vehicles equipped with four-stroke engines) (...); 1. 20 November 2018 (for newly imported motorcycles) 2. 21 May 2019 (for diesel vehicles, heavy (...)

Table 3.13 Technical regulations notified to the WTO, September 2019
Agency responsible; Products covered; Title; Date of entry into force
Transport Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau; Unleaded gasoline and light diesel oil for vehicles; Standards for Unleaded Gasoline and Light Diesel Oil for Vehicles; 14 July 2016

3.74. Macao, China also applies technical regulations (compulsory standards) for gas emissions of newly imported automotive vehicles (including motorcycles), in accordance with Administrative Regulations No. 1/2012 and No. 1/2008 (...).

3.81. (...) Pharmaceutical products and traditional Chinese medicines that enter Macao, China must have received prior approval from the Health Bureau. There are currently no eco labelling initiatives, or labelling requirements on genetically modified organisms (...).

3.84. The importation of the products listed above requires an import licence, an import declaration, and a valid sanitary certificate(s) (...) In some cases, there are additional requirements, for instance, as stated before, importers of species of animals and plants listed in the CITES must obtain import licences from the DSE before requesting an IAM SPS inspection (...).

4.6. (...) the Government supports the sector through the Fisheries Development and Support Fund (...) The Fund provides interest-free loans to fishermen for the following purposes: (...) to overcome the difficulties encountered by fishermen in their fishery activities due to natural disasters or epidemics.

4.10. (...) the Government is keen to develop an electricity sector that provides high-quality, secure, reliable and environmentally friendly energy at affordable prices. (...) In particular, the authorities noted that importation and green energy remain the primary drivers of the electricity supply strategy. They noted that, on the one hand, Macao, China continues to rely on the China Southern Power Grid (CSG) for electric power that is produced increasingly by green sources. (...) measures and incentives remain in force to acquire power from renewable sources, including refuse incineration and photovoltaic generation.

4.13. The Macao SAR Government prioritizes environmental protection, energy conservation, and a due use of clean and safe alternative energies in its energy policy. Regarding renewable energy, the GDSE has a stated goal that at least 40% of the imported electricity from China must stem from clean sources. Also, with a view to fostering the local generation and use of clean energy, solar photovoltaic panels have been allowed to be connected to the grid since 2015. In this respect, Administrative Regulation No. 20/2014 (Regulation for Safety and Installation of Grid Connection Solar Photovoltaics), in effect since 26 January 2015, aims to provide standards for the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in public and private buildings, and set out the technical standards for safe connection between photovoltaic systems and the grid.

4.14. In order to further promote the application of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, the Macao, China Government set four levels of feed-in electricity tariffs, according to installed PV capacities (Table 4.2). (...) The authorities noted that the Government does not currently provide other incentives for solar PVs or other power generation from renewable energy.

Table 4.2 Feed-in tariffs for different level of installed PV capacities, September 2019
Level; Installed PV capacities (kW); Feed-in electricity tariffs (MOP/kWh)
I; <10; 3.7
II; 10-100; 3.4
III; 100-500; 3.0
IV; >500; 2.8