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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CRI/16 | Costa Rica | 2020 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Conformity assessment procedures, Import licences | Manufacturing | 11. Import licenses are required for energy…
11. Import licenses are required for energy efficiency-related products, with the aim of protecting the environment. The purpose of these licenses is not to restrict the quantity or value of imports, but rather to strengthen controls on imports of energy efficiency-related products(...). Authorization for the import of energy-efficient products, for human safety and environmental protection (2019).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CRI/17 | Costa Rica | 2020 | Animal protection, Environmental protection from…
Animal protection, Environmental protection from pests and diseases, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
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Export licences, Import licences | Agriculture, Other | 1. Import licenses are required for some…
1. Import licenses are required for some agricultural products, with the aim of protecting human, animal or plant life and health, and fulfilling the obligations established in international agreements (2020).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CRI/17 | Costa Rica | 2020 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Export licences, Import licences | Chemicals | 4. Import licenses are required for some chemical…
4. Import licenses are required for some chemical products, with the aim of protecting human, animal or plant life or health, and fulfilling the obligations established in international agreements - Authorization for the customs clearance of toxic and hazardous substances; Import, export or re-export (2020).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CRI/17 | Costa Rica | 2020 | Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation and compliance, Sustainable fisheries management
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Export licences, Import licences | Other | 5. Import licenses are required for some maritime…
5. Import licenses are required for some maritime products, with the aim of protecting human, animal or plant life or health; Authorization for the import and export of fish, molluscs and crustaceans, live or in any living state. Authorization for the transit of sharks and their by-products in any form (2020).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CRI/17 | Costa Rica | 2020 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
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Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
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Other | 8. Import licenses are required for hazardous…
8. Import licenses are required for hazardous waste, with the aim of protecting human, animal or plant life or health. The purpose of these licenses is not to limit the quantity or value of imports, but rather to strengthen controls on imports of hazardous waste (2020).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CRI/17 | Costa Rica | 2020 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Conformity assessment procedures, Import licences | Manufacturing | 11. Import licenses are required for energy…
11. Import licenses are required for energy efficiency-related products, with the aim of protecting the environment. The purpose of these licenses is not to restrict the quantity or value of imports, but rather to strengthen controls on imports of energy efficiency-related products (...). Authorization for the import of energy-efficient products, for human safety and environmental protection (2020).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CUB/10 | Cuba | 2020 | Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
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Export licences, Import licences | Other | 1.1.1.1 Biological diversity: Export and import…
1.1.1.1 Biological diversity: Export and import permits for all species listed in the Appendices to Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA) Resolution No. 160/2011 "Regulations for the control and protection of species of special significance for biological diversity in the country", as well as species included in the three Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CUB/10 | Cuba | 2020 | Animal protection, MEAs implementation and…
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
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Export licences, Import licences | Other | 1.1.1.2. Licences are granted for the use,…
1.1.1.2. Licences are granted for the use, testing, production, release, importation and exportation of, and research into, biological agents and their products, and organisms and parts thereof containing genetic information, in the national territory, and at the various stages of the construction of facilities posing a biological risk. This procedure is in conformity with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Biological and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction.
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CUB/10 | Cuba | 2020 | MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
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Import licences | Chemicals, Manufacturing | 1.1.1.3.1 A licence is required to import…
1.1.1.3.1 A licence is required to import substances that have the potential to deplete the ozone layer (otherwise known as ozone-depleting substances or ODS), and products, equipment and technologies that use these substances. The purpose of this requirement is to ensure that emissions and the use of these substances at national level are maintained at the levels and within the ranges that are authorized under international commitments.
This is in compliance with Cuba's obligations as a signatory to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. |
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/CUB/10 | Cuba | 2020 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Import licences | Chemicals | 1.1.1.3.2 Importation into Cuba of the substances…
1.1.1.3.2 Importation into Cuba of the substances listed in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and those regulated by the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, 1998, to which Cuba is party, is subject to an import licensing system which ensures that these substances are used for purposes not prohibited by the CWC or the Rotterdam Convention. Such licences are granted only to properly established legal persons.
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