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S-2§34 |
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2.34. The EPA between the EU and Japan (EU-Japan EPA) was signed on 17 July 2018 and entered into force on 1 February 2019. (...) it includes provisions on IP (including geographical indications) and government procurement; and it lays down rules on sustainable development, among other elements. Some innovative features of the EU-Japan EPA include the express reference to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a chapter aimed at supporting the use of the Agreement by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and provisions on corporate governance. (...)
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S-2§35 |
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2.35. (...) The FTA with Singapore, the first EU FTA with a country in Southeast Asia, is seen as a building block towards the conclusion of an FTA with ASEAN. It covers provisions on national treatment and market access; (...) non-tariff barriers to trade and investment in renewable energy generation; (...) trade and sustainable development; and (...).
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Energy
Renewable
Sustainable
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S-2§45 |
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2.45. The EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), introduced in 1971 and implemented through successive Council regulations, provides preferential access to the EU market, to assist developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development and good governance. The current GSP Regulation is the product of a reform that pursued three main objectives: (i) to contribute to poverty eradication by expanding exports from countries most in need; (ii) to promote sustainable development and good governance; and (iii) to ensure better safeguards for the EU's financial and economic interests. It entered into force in January 2014 for a period of ten years.
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S-2§49 |
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2.49. The Special Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (GSP+) grants complete duty suspension for essentially the same 66% of tariff lines as the Standard GSP, for countries which are especially vulnerable in terms of their economies' diversification and export volumes, and which have ratified, and effectively implemented, 27 core international conventions. (...)
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S-2§58 |
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2.58. The Commission defines the objectives of EU investment policy as to: (...) promote investment that supports sustainable development, respect for human rights and high labour and environmental standards; attract international investment into the EU, while protecting the EU's essential interests; (...)
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WT/TPR/S/395/REV.1 |
S-3§4 |
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Conformity assessment procedures |
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3.4. DG TAXUD also continues to work on the EU Single Window (SW) environment for customs initiative, which was launched in 2012 with its first pilot project and is currently in operation in nine member States. [6] The SW initially incorporated the certificates for the Common Veterinary Entry Document and Common Entry Document. Last year, it incorporated new certificates i.e. the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licence, the Certificate of Organic Inspection (COI), the Common Health Entry Document for Plant Protection (CHED-PP). Other certificates are under integration (i.e. Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS), Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (f-gases) and Dual-Use Export Goods); implementation is targeted for early 2021.
[6] Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, and Slovenia.
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Climate
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S-3§46 |
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Import quotas, Import tariffs, Tax concessions |
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3.46. The EU maintains legislation for the autonomous suspension of customs duties or autonomous tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products that are either not available or insufficiently produced in the EU to meet the demand in the EU. (...) Moreover, with a view to promoting integrated battery production in the EU, and in accordance with the communication from the Commission entitled "Europe on the Move — Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected, and clean", the suspensions for 20 additional products listed were withdrawn. (...)
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S-3§57 |
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3.57. The EU continues to harmonize three main categories of excise products — alcohol, energy and electricity, and tobacco - which are subject to minimum rates of excise duty, in order to provide a more level playing field in the internal market (Table 3.6). (...)
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S-3§63 |
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3.63. Previously, the EU had introduced a regulation on invasive alien species (IAS), i.e. plants, insects and animals, in 2014 , but its implementation was dependent upon a list of applicable species being identified. A first list was set out in a regulation in 2016, and a second list in 2017. As at July 2019, a third list was under consideration and was open to public comment. Thus, the listed IASs (49 species listed thus far) cannot be brought into the territory of the EU; be kept in, bred in, or transit through the EU; nor be sold, possessed, or released into the environment. However, there are some exceptions, and controlled imports may be authorized for scientific research and conservation activities for example.
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S-3§64 |
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Ban/Prohibition |
Chemicals |
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3.64. In 2017, the EU also put in place new import prohibitions on the import of mercury and certain mercury compounds or products. This new regulation replaces a previous one that only restricted exports (Section 3.2.3). Thus, pursuant to the EU's Seventh Environment Action Programme and the Minamata Convention on Mercury of 2013, the EU prohibited the export, import and manufacturing of mercury, mercury compounds, and a range of mercury-added products. However, there are certain phased-in restrictions pertaining to a number of products, in particular for dental amalgams, until 2021.
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