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(...) Under the Patent Law no patent or utility certificate may be issued for: plant varieties , animal species, or biological methods of producing plants or animals (with exceptions for microbiological methods and their products); (...)

The UAE implements the Emirates Conformity Assessment Scheme (ECAS) as a mandatory product certification scheme, which applies to products that affect health and safety or have an impact on the environment, such as low-voltage equipment and toys

(…) The ministry (Ministry of Foreign Trade) is also responsible for the development of the national economy, the creation of a pro-business environment that contributes to achieving balanced and sustainable development of the country, (…)

A comprehensive fisheries survey in 2002 noted a sharp decline in demersal catch and estimated that 71% of demersal species and 48% of pelagic species were overexploited. The decline has been attributed to both overfishing and degradation of the coast. In 2011, the GCC concluded a regional survey of demersal fish stocks in the region. When the results of this trawl survey were compared to the 2002 and 1978 surveys it was found that demersal stocks had declined by 88-94% from 1978 levels.

The Patent and Design Law extends protection to innovations in all fields of technology, but excludes from patentability plant and animal research, or biological processes for the production of plants or animals, with the exception of microbiological processes and products; and diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical methods for the treatment of humans or animals among other inventions

On the liberalization of services within the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), the Council had liberalized trade in services for roughly 100 subsectors of services, including (...) environmental services, (...)

Table 3.4 Prohibited goods
HS code Product description Authority
05071000 Ivory; ivory powder and waste Ministry of Environment and Water
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68114000 Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like, containing asbestos Federal Environment Authority
68128000 Fabricated asbestos fibres, mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate, articles of such mixtures, of crocidolite Federal Environment Authority
68129300 Compressed asbestos fibre jointing, in sheets or rolls Federal Environment Authority
68132000 Friction material and articles thereof containing asbestos Federal Environment Authority
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The Government is expected to continue to pursue its diversification programme through large-scale investment in industrial sectors that are assessed to have a high potential for growth such as (...) renewable energy. (…)

The UAE has put in place a comprehensive energy strategy till the year 2030 that aims at diversifying and developing the sources of energy to include more renewable ones and to secure a healthy environment that is in line with the country’s goals, such as a joint project with the United Nations to reduce carbon emissions through the Dubai Carbon Center, the Global Climate Treaty, and the Modified Kyoto Protocol

The UAE is assessing the exploitation and use of alternative renewable sources of energy, in particular solar power, through the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (MASDAR), which is wholly owned by the state-owned Mubadala Development Company