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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§4, Table III.7 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Import permits are required for some products related to health, safety and environmental protection.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-II§57 Guatemala 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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The Environmental Sector Statistics Coordination Office (OCSE/Ambiente) has been constituted as one of the Sector-Level Statistics Coordination Offices (OCSEs) set up in order to make the National Statistical System (SEN operational.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§76 Guatemala 2009 Measures Technical regulation or specifications
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The National Quality System was created by Decree No. 78-2005 in order to lay down the bases for ensuring that the adoption of technical regulations intended to prevent and limit risks liable to cause injury or prejudice to persons, animals, plants or the environment do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§59 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Decree No. 68-86 bans the import of animal or human waste, whether or not treated, for reasons of public health and environmental protection.
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Environment
Waste
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§106 Guatemala 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Under Decree No. 44-200, Guatemala ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Bio
MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-IV§20 Guatemala 2009 Sectors Agriculture
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The Agricultural and Sectoral Policy for 2004-2007 identifies as one of its priorities the husbanding and the conservation of natural resources, by providing incentives for the proper use of the soil and developing programmes for its reclamation and conservation.
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Conservation
Natural resources
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§59 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Decree No. 110-97 prohibits to import or bring into Guatemala industrial or domestic products that utilize chlorofluorocarbons.
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Climate
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§118 Guatemala 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Guatemala is party to a number of international environmental agreements (e.g. CITES, Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the Montreal Protocol).
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Environment
Hazardous
Waste
MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-IV§136 Guatemala 2009 Sectors Services
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The National Maritime Port Policy was launched in 2006 with the aim of modernizing the ports and adapting them to ensure greater protection of the environment and maritime areas and increased efficiency.
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Environment
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/210 G-II§32 Guatemala 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Among the national and international challenges facing Guatemala, special attention is being given, inter alia, to rescuing and preserving the environment and respecting biological diversity.
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Bio
Environment