Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/265/REV.2 |
S-IV§47 |
Colombia |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Mining |
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Non-renewable natural resources are the inalienable and permanent property of the State, pursuant to Article 332 of the Constitution
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Natural resources
Renewable
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/265/REV.2 |
S-IV§55, 62; Table IV.5 |
Colombia |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Mining |
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The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) is the authority responsible for promoting the optimum and sustainable use of Colombia's hydrocarbons resources, managing them as a whole and reconciling the interests of society, the State and companies in the sector, while the Ministry of Mining and Energy (MME) has an information system for liquid fuels (SICOM), through which the marketing, distribution, transport and storage of liquid petroleum-based fuels, fuel alcohol and biodiesel fuel are organized, controlled and harmonized
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Bio
Energy
Environment
Sustainable
Climate
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/265/REV.2 |
S-IV§95 |
Colombia |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Services |
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Since 1998, Colombia and the other Andean Community (CAN) members have had a general framework of principles and rules for liberalization of trade in services in the Andean region, including environmental services
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/265/REV.2 |
S-IV§212, 218 |
Colombia |
2012 |
Sectors |
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Services |
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The 2011-2014 Sectoral Tourism Plan (PST)continues to build on the strategy to improve competitiveness in areas such as reinforcing the national and regional institutional structure, improving the quality of tourism services and destinations, developing human talent in light of tourism demand and generating jobs, upgrading the infrastructure and connectivity, attracting investment, and developing and promoting specialized products, all this within the context of sustainable development of tourism
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/264/REV.1 |
S-II§23; Table AII.1 |
China |
2012 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has the main responsibility for policy coordination and implementation of all trade-related issues, while the ministries of Agriculture; Environmental Protection; and Land and Resources, among others, participate in China's trade policy formulation
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/264/REV.1 |
S-II§40, 42, 47, 51, 55-56; S-IV§73 |
China |
2012 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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A revised Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries (2011 version), which entered into force on 30 January 2012, added 44 subsectors and projects, including services of marine oil pollution clean-up technology and new-energy automobiles, and encouraged less polluting projects, while restricting, and prohibiting projects over-exploiting scarce natural resources, and tending to harm the environment
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Clean
Energy
Environment
Natural resources
Pollution
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/264/REV.1 |
S-III§10-11 |
China |
2012 |
Measures |
Other environmental requirements |
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China's preshipment inspection (PSI) requirements are defined in the revised Implementing Regulations of the Law on Import and Export Commodity Inspection, and are intended, inter alia, to protect the environment
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/264/REV.1 |
S-III§33 |
China |
2012 |
Measures |
Other support measures |
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With a view to reducing energy consumption and protecting the environment, the Government may not grant preferential treatment under processing trade to certain goods
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/264/REV.1 |
S-III§36-39 |
China |
2012 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
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Under the Foreign Trade Law, China maintains import prohibitions, on various products, including waste or incandescent lamps on grounds, inter alia, of environmental protection, efficiency improvement, protecting the environment, global climate change response, or in accordance with international commitments
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Climate
Conservation
Energy
Environment
Waste
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/264/REV.1 |
S-III§42 |
China |
2012 |
Measures |
Import licences |
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In 2010, 87 tariff lines (at the HS 8-digit level) were subject to non-automatic import licensing, including ozone-depleting substances (with a view to meeting requirements of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer), and specific old mechanical and electronic products (aimed at protecting, among others, the environment
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