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Table A2.1 Involvement in WTO dispute settlement, 2019-22
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Subject: Measures Relating to the Allocation of Contracts for Difference in Low Carbon Energy Generation
Complainant: European Union
Respondent: United Kingdom
Date of request for consultations: 28/03/2022
Status as at 31/12/2022: In consultations
WTO document series: WT/DS612
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Table A2.1 Involvement in WTO dispute settlement, 2019-22
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Subject: Certain Measures Concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-based Biofuels
Complainant: Indonesia
Respondent: European Union
Date of request for consultations: 09/12/2019
Status as at 31/12/2022: Panel composed
WTO document series: WT/DS593
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Table A2.1 Involvement in WTO dispute settlement, 2019-22
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Subject: Certain Measures Concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-based Biofuels
Complainant: Malaysia
Respondent: European Union
Date of request for consultations: 15/01/2021
Status as at 31/12/2022: Panel composed
WTO document series: WT/DS600
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4.161. Gabon is party to the conventions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the maritime conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is also party to the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, which seeks to enforce the IMO's environmental and safety conventions.

1.4. CAR's economic potential lies primarily in the agricultural sector (including livestock rearing, hunting, fishing and forestry), which is increasingly vulnerable to climate hazards. [6] (...)
[6] UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCC, 2015). Viewed at: https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/ndcstaging/PublishedDocuments/Central%20African%20Republic%20First/CPDN_R%C3%A9publique%20Centrafricaine.pdf.

1.11. CAR's external situation has also been seriously affected, with a current account deficit that has largely remained above 10% of GDP since 2014. Support from technical and financial partners (TFPs) was supposed to improve this situation as of 2019. In fact, the World Bank's portfolio in CAR alone has increased tenfold in three years and will provisionally reach USD one billion in the fiscal year 2020. It is divided between four main sectors: (i) infrastructure and sustainable development, including transport, water and energy; (ii) the social sectors, including health and education; (iii) governance, including natural resources; (...)

Table 2.1 Principal new trade related laws and regulations, March 2013 2020
Area (section of the report) - Fauna; Legal instrument/text - Ordinance No. 84.045 of 27 July 1984 on the protection of wildlife and the regulation of hunting in CAR (Wildlife Code).
Area (section of the report) - Environment; Legal instrument/text - Law No. 07.018 of 28 December 2007 on the Environment Code.
Area (section of the report) - Biofuels; Legal instrument/text - Law No. 08.018 of 6 June 2008 on biofuels in CAR, creating the Biofuels Promotion Agency.

2.22. A revision of the Charter [ Investment Charter] published in 2018 (Law No. 18.006 of 11 June 2018, not yet available on an official website) contains several innovations, including in particular: (...) • the requirement to carry out an environmental and social impact assessment; (...)

2.23. The granting of approval is determined mainly on the basis of local added value: the minimum acceptable rate is 35%. The other criteria include the effects of the investment in terms of job creation, advantages for the State, its contribution in terms of external funding, the trade balance, and the environmental impact. (...)

2.31. Some (domestic) provisions prescribe a tax reduction for companies that invest in human resource training or environmental protection: They can benefit from a 50% reduction of the costs incurred for the training or refresher training of technical personnel, and 25% of the costs for environmental protection. This benefit is limited to the three year exemption period.