Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/304 |
S-III§37 |
Mauritius |
2014 |
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Import licences |
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Permit requirements for controlled imports under the Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations affect 307 tariff lines, and are issued by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection. According to the authorities, these are in place for reasons of health, safety, security, sensitivity, environmental protection, and strategy. Over the review period, several permit requirements have been removed from the list of controlled items. These are: (…) diagnostic materials of biological origin; plastic bags; life jackets; used pneumatic tyres of rubber; syringes with or without needles; sutures and ligatures; sirolimus and other drug-eluting stents and brooms. (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/304 |
S-III§46 |
Mauritius |
2014 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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Technical regulations are prepared and issued by ministries, government departments, and regulators within their respective areas of responsibility. According to the authorities, the entities most active in this area are those responsible for commerce, industry, health, agri-industry, energy, and the environment. (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/304 |
S-Table-III.9 |
Mauritius |
2014 |
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Export licences |
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Table 3.9 Export permit requirements, 2014
H.S. Code: 01.01-01.06
Description of goods: Live animals (all species, including birds)
Controlling agencies/documents required: (1) Approval from the Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security; (2) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) for monkey and for other endangered species.
Rationale: Conservation of endangered species
H.S. Code: 67.01
Description of goods: Birds' feathers
Controlling agencies/documents required: Authorization from the Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security
Rationale: Conservation of endangered species
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Conservation
MEAs
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/304 |
S-Table-III.9 |
Mauritius |
2014 |
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Export licences |
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Table 3.9 Export permit requirements, 2014
H.S. Code: 25.05
Description of goods: Sand
Controlling agencies/documents required: Authorization from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Rationale: Ecology and environmental protection
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Environment
Sustainable
Eco
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WT/TPR/S/304 |
S-IV§17 |
Mauritius |
2014 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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In order to adjust to this changing environment and to ensure the continued survival of the sugar cane industry, Mauritius has been implementing the Multi-Annual Adaption Strategy 2006 2015, which, inter alia, seeks to diversify away from sugar production from sugar cane to the production of electricity and ethanol (Box 4.1). Mauritius has received financial support from the European Union in order to help it implement this plan. The authorities are currently preparing a new multi-annual adaption strategy for 2016 to 2020 and are making arrangements to commission a study on the economic, social, and environmental impact on Mauritius of the abolition of internal quotas of sugar in the EU market for 2016 to 2020.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/304 |
S-IV§19 |
Mauritius |
2014 |
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Agriculture |
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As part of the Government's sugar reform process there have been significant institutional changes.The Mauritius Cane Industry Authority (MCIA) established in 2011, replaced six previously existing service providers. (…) Among the functions and objectives of the MCIA are to: promote and support the sustainable development, efficiency, and viability of the sugar-cane industry; maintain a pool of machinery for agricultural purposes; to focus research and development on sugar cane biomass; (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/304 |
S-IV§24 |
Mauritius |
2014 |
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Agriculture |
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The Food Security Strategic Plan 2013-2015 was prepared by the MAIFS (Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security) to build on the previous plan and to incorporate actions to be implemented under the Government Programme 2013-2015 (see Chapter 2). The plan's key goals are to achieve certain levels of self-sufficiency in key commodities (33% self-sufficiency in food, 10% self-sufficiency in milk, and 15% self sufficiency in meat), which would involve raising production levels. Additionally, the plan seeks to promote exports and create new opportunities for farmers, entrepreneurs and rural families to increase farm income and productivity, while conserving the natural biodiversity and providing a safe, sufficient, and nutritious food supply. The main areas of intervention in the plan are set out in Box 4.2. The budget to fulfil the plan's actions is just over MUR 1 billion.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/306 |
S-III§50 |
Hong Kong, China |
2014 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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HKC notified 8 regular SPS measures to the WTO between January 2010 and April 2014; no notifications of emergency measures were submitted. The regular notifications covered, inter alia, foodstuffs, dairy products, sweeteners, genetically modified organisms, and horses from certain countries.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/306 |
S-III§53 |
Hong Kong, China |
2014 |
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Technical regulation or specifications |
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Since the last TPR, new laws and amendments to SPS legislation were passed and became effective. The Food Safety Ordinance entered into force on 1 February 2012; the Genetically Modified Organism Ordinance on 1 March 2011; (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/306 |
S-III§66 |
Hong Kong, China |
2014 |
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HKC notified 11 technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures to the WTO in the period January 2010 to April 2014. The notifications cover as foodstuffs, dairy products, genetically modified organisms, (…)
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