| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/MYS/9 |
Malaysia |
2014 |
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Import licences |
Agriculture |
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Environment related objective
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To protect the Malaysian agriculture industry and environment from pests, diseases and invasive alien species by controlling or restricting the importation of plants which are host of quarantine pests and disease.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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The Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981
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Plants, growing media, organic fertilizers, soil, living or dead organisms
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Type of measure
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Import licences
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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Environment
Organic
Wildlife
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/MYS/10 |
Malaysia |
2014 |
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Import licences |
Agriculture |
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Environment related objective
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To protect the Malaysian agriculture industry and environment from pests, diseases and invasive alien species by controlling or restricting the importation of plants which are host of quarantine pests and disease.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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The Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981
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Plants, growing media, organic fertilizers, soil, living or dead organisms
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Type of measure
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Import licences
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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Organic
Environment
Wildlife
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| Import Licensing Procedures |
G/LIC/N/3/USA/11 |
United States of America |
2014 |
Sustainable agriculture management |
Import quotas, Import tariffs |
Agriculture |
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Environment related objective
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The purpose of the certificate for specialty sugar is to allow entry of certain refined sugars not widely available in the United States at the low-tier tariff rate. These refined sugars fulfil demand in niche markets, such as the ethnic, organic and gourmet markets.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) administration - Additional U.S. note 5 to Chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) established by Presidential Proclamation 6763 of December 1994 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish for each fiscal year the quantity of sugars and syrups that may be entered at the lower tariff rates of tariff-rate quotas. The tariff-rate quotas cover sugars and syrups described in HTS subheadings, 1701.12, 1701.13, 1701.14, 1701.91, 1701.99, 1702.90 and 2106.90. This authority was proclaimed to implement the results of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations as reflected in the provisions of Schedule XX (United States), annexed to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization.
Under the raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) administration, the Secretary of Agriculture establishes the TRQ quantity that can be entered at the lower tier of import duty rates, and the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
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Raw Sugar (organic, ethnic)
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Type of measure
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tariff-rate quota (TRQ)
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/1/EU/1 |
European Union |
2014 |
Sustainable agriculture management |
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Services |
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Environment related objective
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To support agricultural activities by the following services:
(1) research, including general research, research in connection with environmental programmes, and research programmes relating to particular products;
(2) infrastructural services, including: electricity reticulation, roads and other means of transport, market and port facilities, water supply facilities, dams and drainage schemes, and infrastructural works associated with environmental programmes.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community
ANNEX IV - DOMESTIC SUPPORT: THE BASIS OF EXEMPTION FROM THE REDUCTION COMMITMENTS
(...) Government general services.
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Agriculture and the rural community
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Type of measure
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Domestic support
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.6 |
European Union: Denmark |
2014 |
Sustainable agriculture management |
Loans and financing |
Agriculture |
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Environment related objective
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To encourage farmers investing in storage facilities sufficient to meet the requirements concerning the spreading and utilization of manure in the fields
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Guarantee for Loans for Agricultural Investments with the Aim of Protecting and Improving the Environment
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Farmers's investments which are approved by the local authorities and supported under the scheme "Agricultural investments with the aim of protecting and improving the environment"
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Type of measure
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Loan guarantees
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.6 |
European Union: Denmark |
2014 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Agriculture, Fisheries |
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Environment related objective
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To promote food, agricultural and fisheries policies, regulation and development based on scientific knowledge with due consideration to a sustainable utilisation and management and the terrestrial and aquatic resources with the priority placed on the issues of environment, food quality, food safety, plant and animal health and animal welfare
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Financing of Public Institutions involved in Research in Agriculture and Fisheries
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Specific universities through annual estimates
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Type of measure
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Grants
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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Environment
Fish
Sustainable
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.6 |
European Union: Denmark |
2014 |
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Not specified |
Agriculture |
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Environment related objective
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To encourage environmentally friendly extensive cultivation of the areas and to minimize the risks of pollution of the ground water resources
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Environmentally friendly farming
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Agricultural activities
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Type of measure
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Not specified
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.6 |
European Union: Denmark |
2014 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Agriculture |
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Environment related objective
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To facilitate the transition and improve the conditions for organic farming
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Organic Farming
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Aid is given to the individual organic farm. Additional premia are paid to specific measures (to convert the organic pig and grain production) or to areas within the environmentally sensitive agricultural areas.
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Type of measure
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Aid
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/RUS/REV.1 |
Russian Federation |
2014 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Agriculture, Fisheries |
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Environment related objective
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To achieve the sustainable development of the agriculture and fishing industry of the Okrug
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Target programme "Development of the agricultural complex of the Khanty-Mansijsk Autonomous Okrug in 2011 2013 and for the period until 2015"
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Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs engaged in agriculture and fishing industry
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Type of measure
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Grants
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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| Agriculture |
G/AG/N/AUS/93 |
Australia |
2014 |
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Non-monetary support |
Agriculture, Services |
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Environment related objective
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To improve, inter alia, water resources management, thus contributing to a sustainable agriculture sector and to contribute to sustainable food security.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) expended around $A 56.6 million to multilateral International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) whose mandate is to increase global food security.
The primary criterion on which ACIAR bases its allocation of Australia's funds to the IARCs is the comparative advantage of a centre to deliver research applicable to Australia's regional priorities and which contributes to sustainable food security, agricultural productivity and income generation.
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Research projects targeting the following food security and poverty alleviation issues: agricultural development policy and agricultural systems economics and management, animal sciences, crop sciences, fisheries, forestry, land and water resources and post-harvest technology
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Type of measure
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Research services
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ICS - HS Code
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Keywords
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Sustainable
Natural resources
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