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WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-II§45 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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(...) The Government manages natural resources. [53] (...)
[53] Minerals in all their states, hydrocarbons, water, air, soil and the subsoil, forests, biodiversity, the electromagnetic spectrum and all elements and physical forces that can be harnessed, are deemed to be natural resources. Natural resources are of strategic importance and public interest for the development of the country (Article 348 of the Political Constitution). Natural resources are the property and the direct, indivisible and imprescriptible possession of the Bolivian people, and it shall be for the State to administer them in the collective interest (Article 349 of the Political Constitution).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-II§55 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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(...) According to the Bolivian authorities, the foreign enterprises directly affected by the policy of nationalization and recovery of natural resources received fair, expeditious and adequate indemnification from Bolivia.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-III§31 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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The import regime prescribes prohibitions on the import of goods which affect human and animal life or health, or are prejudicial to the protection of plants, morality, the environment, the security of the State and the nation's financial system (Article 85 of the General Customs Law). Currently (2017), prohibitions apply to 33 ten digit HS tariff lines. The following imports are prohibited: radioactive residues; halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons; arms, ammunition and explosives; worn clothing and some types of vehicle and motor vehicle, those using liquefied gas and used motor vehicles over one year old (HS 87.03), motor vehicles over three years old for the transport of more than ten persons (HS 87.02) and special purpose motor vehicles over five years old (HS 87.05) (Table 3.5).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-Table-III.5 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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Table 3.5 Import prohibitions, 2017
HS code Description
2844.40.10.00 Radioactive residues
2903 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons
2903.19.10.00 1.1.1 Trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)
2903.39.10.00 Bromomethane (methyl bromide)
2903.76.00.00 Bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane and dibromotetrafluoroethanes
2903.77.11.00 Chlorotrifluoromethane
2903.77.12.00 Dichlorodifluoromethane
2903.77.13.00 Trichlorofluoromethane
2903.77.21.00 Chloropentafluoroethanes
2903.77.22.00 Dichlorotetrafluoroethanes
2903.77.23.00 Trichlorotrifluoroethanes
2903.77.24.00 Tetrachlorodifluoroethanes
2903.77.25.00 Pentachlorofluoroethanes
2903.77.31.00 Chloroheptafluoropropanes
2903.77.32.00 Dichlorohexafluoropropanes
2903.77.33.00 Trichloropentafluoropropanes
2903.77.34.00 Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropanes
2903.77.35.00 Pentachlorotrifluoropropanes
2903.77.36.00 Hexachlorodifluoropropanes
2903.77.37.00 Heptachlorofluoropropanes
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-III§32 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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Import licences |
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Other products require prior authorization before they can be imported. Imports of goods of 719 ten digit HS tariff lines necessitated prior authorization in 2017 (Chart 3.3). Prior authorization, like an import prohibition, is customarily used to protect human and animal health or life, or to protect plants and conserve exhaustible natural resources, or to protect security. (...)
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Natural resources
Conservation
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-Table-III.6 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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Table 3.6 Imports subject to prior authorization
Imports Type of document Institution Legal framework
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Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons Prior authorization Ministry of Development Planning Supreme Decree No. 27562 of 09 June 2004 approving the Regulations for the environmental management of ozone depleting substances
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Asbestos Prior authorization Ministry of the Environment and Water Law No. 1333 on the environment of 27 March 1992
Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons
Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes Prior authorization Bolivian Nuclear Science and Technology Institute (IBCTN) Supreme Decree No. 24483 of 20 January 1997 approving the Regulations implementing the Law on radiological protection and safety and recognizing the IBCTN as the competent authority
Substances, products or goods which cause or threaten to cause harmful effects on human health or the environment or ozone depleting substances Prior authorization Government Ozone Commission Law No. 1333 on the environment of 27 March 1992; Supreme Decree No. 24176 of 8 December 1995 (Regulations on activities using harmful substances); Supreme Decree No. 27562 of 9 June 2004 approving the Regulations for the environmental management of ozone depleting substances
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Soil
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WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-III§35 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
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Imports of products that may affect human, animal or plant health need a sanitary or phytosanitary import permit identifying Bolivia's plant and animal health requirements for the import of plants, plant products, animals and their by products. The sanitary permit is verified when the goods arrive in the country and, if the goods satisfy the requirements prescribed in the permit, it is endorsed. An animal health or phytosanitary permit is issued before the goods are loaded and is required in order to issue the certificate. A certificate for plant or animal products and foods has to be obtained prior to customs clearance and must be valid at the time the customs declaration is submitted. Within a period not exceeding ten working days from the date of receiving the application, the National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service (SENASAG) certifies that the goods being cleared at the Customs meet the phytosanitary and animal health requirements and are therefore not harmful to human or animal health or life, or prejudicial to the protection of plants and the environment, whichever applies. The products requiring certificates are live animals and plant products and chemicals (Chart 3.3). Some products (72 ten digit HS tariff lines), for example, food preparations, require both prior authorization and a certificate.
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WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-III§63 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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The State guarantees free export of goods in general, except for those that affect public health, security, protection of fauna and flora or the Nation's cultural, historical and archaeological heritage. The Customs may seize any goods whose export is prohibited.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-III§73 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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Bolivia bans the export of some hydrocarbons such as: components needed to produce kerosene, jet fuel and diesel oil; and liquid hydrocarbons obtained by mixing oil of plant origin with diesel oil (biodiesel).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/363 |
S-III§75 |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
2017 |
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Export licences |
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Export permits and certificates also serve to regulate trade in products in accordance with provisions in the international treaties or conventions signed by Bolivia, for example: the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction; the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances; the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961; and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, including all the amendments introduced by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
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