Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-G-III§77; Table III.5 |
Guinea-Bissau |
2012 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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The Forestry Service of the Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the control and certification of wood and forest products, including fruits and wild animals, while the ministry of the Environment intervenes in cases of pollution-related infection or contamination
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Environment
Forest
Pollution
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-I§34; S-G-IV§114-126, 139; Table IV.3 |
Guinea-Bissau |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Fisheries |
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Although fisheries activities are, in principle, governed by a series of regulations laid down in the General Fisheries Law of 2011 (Lei Geral da Pesca), Guinea-Bissau faces pillage of its fisheries resources from, among others, neighbouring countries who fish illegally and sometimes employ unsustainable fishing techniques that are harmful to the marine environment
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Bio
Environment
Fish
Sustainable
Wildlife
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-I§35; S-G-I§145-155 |
Guinea-Bissau |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Mining |
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The Mining Code gives the Government a wide margin of discretionary manoeuvre as regards compensation for environmental damage (Article 90), and does not provide for any environmental impact study, although a draft law on environmental protection is apparently before the National Assembly and the Unit for Evaluation of Environmental Impact (CAIA) has been set up to carry out environmental impact studies
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-T-II§34; Table II.2 |
Togo |
2012 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Law No. 88-14 of 3 November 1988 established environmental protection
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-T-II§62-63 |
Togo |
2012 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Since 2006, Togo has had a Framework Law on the environment, as well as provisions under which new investments must be the subject of an environmental impact study, while the Investment Code requires an environmental compliance certificate as a prerequisite for approval
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-T-III§91 |
Togo |
2012 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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In principle, the import or export of plants, seeds and plant material requires prior authorization and a phytosanitary certificate from the MAEP in order to control the quality and to examine the risk of toxicity for persons, animals and the environment
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-T-IV§142-143 |
Togo |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Forestry |
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Togo adopted a new Forestry Code in 2006, although forestry resources continue to suffer from deforestation, while the occupation and destruction of wildlife 's natural habitats, combined with poaching, have brought about a marked decline in wildlife
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Bio
Energy
Environment
Forest
Wildlife
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-T-IV§145-148; Table IV.3 |
Togo |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Fisheries |
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The regulatory framework for the fisherise sector includes regulation on fishing in coastal waters and in deep-sea, but the sector is threatened by uncontrolled discharge of industrial waste without any prior treatment as well as illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-T-IV§160 |
Togo |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Energy |
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Some attempts are being made to develop solar energy, including the establishment of institutions responsible for developing renewable energy, although there does not appear to be any exemption from customs duty on equipment to generate solar or wind energy
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/266/REV.1 |
S-T-IV§170 |
Togo |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Mining |
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Mining rights are linked to a particular area but holders of mining rights have the responsibility, among others, to protect the environment in accordance with the Environment Code
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