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Agreement Document symbol Notifying Member Year Harmonized types of environment-related objectives Harmonized types of measures Harmonized types of sectors subject to the measure See more information
Agriculture G/AG/N/CRI/44/REV.1 Costa Rica 2014 Sustainable agriculture management Non-monetary support Agriculture, Services
Environment related objective
To achieve agricultural goals while accommodating environmental concerns
Measure description Coverage of the measure
General services: Research by the National Institute for Agricultural Innovation and Technology Transfer (INTA)
Research, innovation and technology transfer programmes aimed at creating competitive production systems and achieving food security while accommodating environmental concerns
Type of measure
Research services
 ICS - HS Code
Keywords
Environment
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/MUS/6 Mauritius 2016 Waste management and recycling Other environmental requirements Manufacturing, Other
Environment related objective
To protect the environment from PET wastes

The rise in the one-way no deposit mechanism for PET bottles has greatly contributed to the problem of littering in the country. Waste PET bottles also pose serious constraint in landfilling with regard to the large volume they occupy and the extremely slow decomposition rate (about 500 years).
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Permit system under the Environment Protection (Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle Permit) Regulations 2001 to bottle beverage in a PET bottle
The local bottling of beverage in a PET bottle
Type of measure
Permit to bottle soft drinks and water in PET bottles

Subject to meeting the conditions attached to the permit such as engaging the services of a PET recycler for the collect of used PET bottles from the waste stream and submitting annual returns on PET; a permit is issued to the company with a validity of three years. The Permit is renewable subject to the satisfaction of the Director of Environment on compliance to conditions imposed under the Permit.
 ICS - HS Code
Keywords
Environment
Waste
Recycle
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 European Union: Romania 2013 Sustainable forestry management Grants and direct payments Forestry
Environment related objective
To manage forestry activities.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy
Facilitating the development of micro enterprises in the forest sector for the achievement of high quality primary forest products, in accordance with EU quality standards.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1.9.
Incentives for micro enterprises within the field of primary processing of wood and non- wood forest products.
Micro-enterprises within the wood products field.
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
State aid for investments granted to micro enterprises within the wood products field for:
Capitalizing on wood en products:
Gathering, shaping, sorting and transporting tree s;
Producing lumber, including thin-cut wood;
Drying wood;
Impregnating or chemical treating wood with preservatives and other materials;
Collecting wood chips, sawdust and other fragments of wood;
Packaging and packing wood en products and secondary products;
Producing items for burning by processing the biomass obtained from the primary process of the tree s gathered;
Gathering and processing forest tree s/shrubs from bio -energetic crops.
Capitalizing on non- wood en products by gathering, sorting, packaging and temporary storing, in order to commercialize forest mushrooms, forest fruits and other natural products resulted from the spontaneous forest flora (varnish, resin, balms, vegetable hair, grass, forest seeds, moss, lichen, medicinal plants, flowers and leaves with therapeutic and fragrance qualities).
Type of measure
Grant
 ICS - HS Code
Keywords
Forest
Energy
Renewable
Bio
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/220/USA United States of America 2011 Alternative and renewable energy Loans and financing Energy
Environment related objective
To support the creation of a renewable fuel production facility
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Missouri: Missouri Rural Economic Stimulus Act
Municipality or private non-profit organizations
Type of measure
Loans
 ICS - HS Code
Keywords
Renewable
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TZA/7 Tanzania 2009
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Soil management and conservation, Water management and conservation
Technical regulation or specifications,…
Technical regulation or specifications, Conformity assessment procedures
 Chemicals
Environment related objective
To protect human life, safety and the environment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
TZS 726:2008 Semi-gloss solvent borne paints for interior and exterior use - Specification
Semi-gloss solvent borne paints
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
87.060.30
32.09.10
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/MOZ/15 Mozambique 2019 Other environmental risks mitigation Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Environment related objective
Protection of environment, as notified by the member.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The Technical Regulations of Evaluation and Approval model of measurement instruments and materialized measures establishes the general conditions of approval of the model that apply to the manufacturer, importer and trader of measurement instruments or materialized measures.
Measurement instruments and materialized measures
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
01.040.17
17.040.30
Keywords
Environment
Labelling
Agriculture G/AG/N/ARG/43 Argentina 2019 General environmental protection Grants and direct payments Agriculture
Environment related objective
To improve the environment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Other direct payments to producers:Direct payments to producers:Support Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Producers
Projects related to improvement of the environment
Type of measure
Direct payments
 ICS - HS Code
Keywords
Environment
Agriculture G/AG/N/USA/93 United States of America 2014 Soil management and conservation Public procurement Agriculture
Environment related objective
To protect topsoil by limiting conversion to nonagricultural uses
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Environmental payments:
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Farmland Protection Program

Conservation plans are made and easements purchased through State, tribe, or local government agencies
Type of measure
Environmental programmes
 ICS - HS Code
Keywords
Soil
Conservation
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/EU/262 European Union 2015
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Technical regulation or specifications Chemicals
Environment related objective
To protect public health and of the environment through harmonisation of the EU market on biocidal products.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft Commission Implementing Regulation Approving Glutaraldehyde as an Active Substance for Use in Biocidal Products for Product-Types 2, 3, 4, 6, 11 and 12.
Biocidal products
Type of measure
Technical regulation or specifications
 ICS - HS Code
Keywords
Bio
Agriculture G/AG/N/PHL/42 Philippines 2013 Sustainable agriculture management Non-monetary support Agriculture
Environment related objective
To support development of the organic sector.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
General services: Integrated Research and Development for Organic VELERO (Vegetable, Legumes, and Root) Crops in the CAR
Type of measure
Research services
 ICS - HS Code
Keywords
Organic