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Export prohibitions, restrictions or licensing, 2018
Product Type of restriction Legal instrument Summary
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Radioactive materials Licence Atomic Energy Act, 2003 Licence required from the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission

Export prohibitions, restrictions or licensing, 2018
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Waste and scraps of ferrous cast iron Prohibited Zanzibar Trading Act, 2013 Prohibits exportation

Export prohibitions, restrictions or licensing, 2018
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Timber from any wood grown in Zanzibar and wood charcoal Prohibited Zanzibar Trading Act, 2013 Prohibits exportation

The TBS maintains a database, or Standards Catalogue, that compiles the information on its standards. It has over 1,722 standards (voluntary) or technical regulations. (...)The standards/technical regulations cover areas such as (...)environment,(...)

(...)The government policy stipulated the establishment of a law for food safety, and the Tanzanian Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2003 was enacted; subsequently, the Public Health Act was enacted in 2009 to regulate all issues related to environmental health. (...)

The local government authorities are responsible for routine enforcement of laws related to food safety control and environmental issues. (...)

The generating concession gives the right to operate power stations that use only renewable sources of energy, except for high temperature geothermal energy, the exploitation of which is reserved for the ICE. In order to operate a hydroelectric power station, a concession is also required for the use of hydraulic forces (water concession), granted by MINAE for a period of 20 years.

The installed capacity for generating electrical energy increased from 2,731 to 3,617 MW between 2013 and 2018 (...). In 2018, 98.6% of electricity was generated from renewable sources, compared to 88.4% in 2013 . Hydroelectric energy (...) accounting for 73.5% of energy generated in 2018 (...). To reduce this dependence, it has invested in wind power plants, which has resulted in an increase in the use of this source of energy (from 4.8% in 2013 to 15.8% in 2018). Geothermal power plants are also being used, generating 8.4% of the energy supply in 2018; the use of biomass and solar energy is still in the early stages of development.

(…) In 2018 the Draft Law on Waterborne Navigation (Draft Law No. 21,095) [211] was tabled, which includes some provisions on the carriage of goods such as maritime safety and the prevention of pollution. (...)
[211] Information available online. Viewed at: http://www.asamblea.go.cr/Centro_de_informacion/Consultas_SIL/Pginas/Proyectos%20de%20ley.aspx.

Tourism policy is set out in the National Tourism Development Plan that is published every four years. According to the Plan for 2017 21, Costa Rica aspires to a sustainable, innovative and inclusive tourism model.