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Table 4.5 Recapitatulation of texts governing merchant shipping
Reference Text Date of signing
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Decree No. 2013/016/PRG/SGG Decree on the establishment and composition of the National Commission for the boarding of unlawful fishing vessels 15/01/2013
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Order No. 3172/MT/CAB/2011 Order on prevention of marine pollution by vessels 22/06/2011
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(…) Together with nine other countries in the region, it takes part in the project to develop sustainable tourism in cross-border parks and protected areas in West Africa.

HKC takes its rights and obligations in the WTO seriously. (…) HKC will continue to ensure that its non-tariff measures are in compliance with WTO Agreements and are maintained as necessary to protect public health, safety, security and the environment, and to fulfil its international obligations.

HKC continues to pursue plurilateral initiatives with other interested WTO Members, provided that these initiatives are consistent with WTO rules and can contribute to multilateral trade liberalization. (…) Between 2014-16, HKC has actively participated in the plurilateral negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA), which can be a viable building block for multilateral liberalization of trade in environmental goods and contribute to the international environmental protection agenda. HKC remains committed to the EGA negotiation and looks forward to its early conclusion.

3.21. The HKC-Georgia FTA was signed on 28 June 2018 and will enter into force after the completion of the necessary internal procedures by both parties.
The FTA is comprehensive in scope, encompassing trade in goods and related issues, trade in services, investment (establishment), dispute settlement mechanism, and also contains provisions to ensure effective protection of intellectual property rights, promote competition, and enhance protection of environment.

In October 2017, the Government released a comprehensive Development Blueprint for HKC's Tourism Industry. The blueprint sets out not only a clear vision and mission to develop HKC into a world-class premier tourism destination and ensure the balanced, healthy and sustainable development of the industry, but also four development strategies as a basis for formulating and taking forward different tourism initiatives. The four development strategies are: (1) to develop a diversified portfolio of visitor source markets, with a focus on attracting high value-added overnight visitors; (2) to nurture and develop tourism products and initiatives with local and international characteristics, including cultural tourism, heritage tourism, green tourism and creative tourism, (...)

Few trade restrictions/prohibitions apply on imports, and they are mainly on safety, health and environmental grounds, or to comply with international conventions. (…)

(…) A number of tax incentives are offered, including a first registration tax concession for electrical vehicles and environment-friendly commercial vehicles, (…)

During the review period, HKC introduced some changes to its government procurement regime in order to bring regulations in line with the revised GPA, which came into force on 6 April 2014. Changes were also made to (…) promote green procurement.

During the review period, HKC participated actively in the WTO; the authorities state that it has done so in the pursuit of progressive trade liberalization. (…) The authorities state that HKC supports all constructive efforts to achieve the liberalization of tariffs on environmental goods.