Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-III§137 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences |
Other |
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The Decree reflects the multilateral agreements to which Tunisia is party, such as CITES or the Basel Convention. Thus, certain products, wastes and/or species are subject to an export permit, certificate or prohibition. Species of wild fauna and flora threatened with extinction (see CITES, Appendices I, II and III) are subject to a prior authorization issued by the Directorate General of Forests of the Ministry responsible for agriculture. [106]
[106] Online information from CITES. Viewed at: https://www.cites.org/sites/default/files/fra/app/2013/
F-Appendices-2013-06-12.pdf.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-III§139 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Measures |
Export licences |
Chemicals, Other |
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Export authorizations are issued by the Ministry of Trade. Hazardous products may be exported after authorization by the Ministry responsible for the environment, in accordance with Decree No. 2000 2339 of 10 October 2000. Exportation of wastes included in list A of the Basel Convention is also subject to prior authorization by the Ministry responsible for the environment.
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Hazardous
Environment
Waste
MEAs
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-III§191 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Measures |
Investment measures, Tax concessions |
Not specified |
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The "specific benefits" provided by the CII (Investment Incentives Code) can be broken down according to a number of parameters. Those conditional upon export are described in Section 3.2.4. The other parameters include regional and agricultural development (Section 4.1), combating pollution and protecting the environment, promotion of technology and business support, new promoters and small enterprises and small trades. The regional development related fiscal benefits include full exemption from income tax or corporation tax for the first ten years as of the effective start up date; and 50% exemption from income and profits tax for the subsequent ten years. For investments declared as of 1 January 2011, Law No. 2011 28 of 18 April 2011 provides that the State should assume the employer's contribution to the social security scheme with respect to wages paid to Tunisian employees for the first five or ten years (depending on the site of the project) as of the effective start up date.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-III§197 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Measures |
Grants and direct payments |
Manufacturing |
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The State also pays out subsidies to encourage protection of the environment. For example, pollution cleanup and damage repair facilities are eligible for a subsidy amounting to 20% of the costs incurred. At end 2015, this subsidy had been paid out to 510 companies by the National Environmental Protection Agency (ANPE) for a total of TND 33 million.
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Environment
Pollution
Clean
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-III§217 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Measures |
Public procurement |
Not specified |
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The new Decree establishes the principle according to which bids are evaluated on the basis of "the lowest bid that meets the specifications". Nevertheless, for the procurement of important goods and equipment with technical specifications, the bids may be evaluated by weighing quality against cost (Article 63). Likewise, design contracts are governed by special procedures which give priority to quality (Article 126). The new regulations take into account sustainable development aspects, placing them at the level of fundamental principles (Article 6) and using them as criteria when evaluating bids (Article 64). With its 194 Articles, the new Decree aims to be as exhaustive as possible.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-III§247 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Measures |
Intellectual property measures |
Other |
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(...) Plants, animals and essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals are excluded from patentability, however, this provision does not apply to medical biological processes or products obtained by these processes. Medical biological processes, including microorganisms and products obtained by these processes, are eligible for patent protection.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-IV§12 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Sectors |
Tax concessions |
Fisheries |
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Tunisia's latest notification to the WTO concerning domestic support pertains to the year 2014. Since the 1990s, agriculture and fishing, including the agri food processing industry and related services, have been among the priority activities of the Investment Incentives Code (CII , Article 1). To encourage enterprises (domestic only) to invest in the agricultural sector, the CII provides for an investor subscribing to the capital of an agricultural or fishing enterprise to be allowed to deduct that investment from income or net profits subject to personal income tax or corporation tax. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-IV§17 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Agriculture |
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According to the authorities, the need to improve soils and preserve their fertility is again a priority under the new Plan 2016 2020. However, a 1997 study by the FAO, cited in the previous TPR, had already stressed the severe erosion and signs of declining soil fertility, the desertification in the centre and the south of the country, and the overexploitation of plant resources.
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Soil
Desertification
Conservation
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-IV§18 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Sectors |
Loans and financing |
Fisheries |
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(...) The Fund for the Development of Competitiveness in the Agricultural and Fisheries Sectors (FODECAP) is intended to finance operations relating to agricultural and fishing activities, either directly or through interbranch groups or specialized bodies, with a view to developing competitiveness in these sectors. (...) The Fund intervenes directly to provide financial support for the management of biological recovery and within the context of the upgrading of the fisheries and aquaculture sector and agricultural holdings, including materials and equipment and diagnostic studies and training.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/341/REV.1 |
S-IV§20 |
Tunisia |
2016 |
Sectors |
Tax concessions |
Agriculture |
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To promote agri food sector exports and deal with production shortages associated with climate change, whenever there is a decline in domestic production, industries may resort to importing goods under the temporary admission procedure (Table 3.16) in order to promote and satisfy export demand.
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