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Law No. 7508 of 9 May 1995 introduced a second regime of private participation in the generation of electricity ("Chapter II", an addition to Law No. 7200). Under this regime, which resembles a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) scheme, plants which generate energy of hydraulic, geothermal or wind origin or from some other non-conventional source can have an installed capacity of up to 50 MW and the maximum period of operation is 20 years, after which the assets of the power station must be transferred to the ICE. The same law authorizes the ICE to buy energy from these plants up to an additional 15% of the limit authorized by Law No. 7200. These purchases are made under a competitive bidding procedure and ARESEP grants the respective operating concessions to the power stations to which the ICE awards contracts.
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WT/TPR/S/286/REV.1 |
S-IV§71 |
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ARESEP also fixes the price at which the ICE buys privately generated energy. In the case of generators operating under Chapter I of Law No. 7200, since 2012 ARESEP has established tariffs based on cost structures by type of energy source and under the price band system. In the case of electricity generating plants operating under Chapter II, the tariffs are determined as a result of the tendering process, since the selection is based on the cost of the energy .
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WT/TPR/S/286/REV.1 |
S-IV§74 |
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Faced with the need to increase the supply of electrical energy , the ICE has recently reactivated the granting of energy purchase contracts to new private sector plants after more than ten years of suspension. In August 2012, the ICE put out to tender the purchase of 100 MW of wind power and 40 MW of hydroelectric power and received offers for 360 MW.
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WT/TPR/S/286/REV.1 |
S-IV§69 |
Costa Rica |
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Law No. 8829 of 3 May 2010 amended Law No. 7447 (Law Regulating the Rational Use of Energy of 13 December 1994) and established exemptions from payment of the selective consumption, ad valorem and sales taxes on a list of equipment and materials (solar water heaters, photovoltaic power-generating panels, fluorescent lamps, wind-powered generators, etc.), both imported and domestic, with a view to encouraging rational and efficient energy use.
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WT/TPR/S/286/REV.1 |
S-IV§81 |
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On 26 November 2012 the President of the Republic and the Minister of the Environment and Energysigned an Executive Decree declaring the activity of importing, using and distributing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be in the public interest. The objective of this measure is to promote the use of LNG by the ICE and the industrial sector, as it generates fewer emissions and is cheaper than oil.
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WT/TPR/S/285/REV.1 |
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CEN-SAD is at the origin of the African Great Green Wall Initiative (AGGWI), a project to build a green barrier to protect against the effects of climate change and desertification . More than 7,000 km long and 15 km wide, by 2020 the green wall should have linked the west coast of Africa (Dakar) with the east coast (Djibouti), passing through the following 11 countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. The implementation of the wall at the level of each individual country is entrusted to national entities. The Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall, based in N'Djamena (Chad), was set up in 2010 to coordinate actions, monitor and assess activities, and mobilizeresources .
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WT/TPR/S/285/REV.1 |
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UEAC, CEMAC's economic integration pillar, has the following objectives: To establish the coordination of national sectoral policies, implement common actions and adopt common policies, particularly in the following areas: agriculture, livestock, fishing, industry, trade, tourism, transport, Community land use and large-scale infrastructure projects, telecommunications, information and communication technologies, social dialogue, gender issues, good governance and human rights, energy, environment and natural resources, research, education and vocational training.
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WT/TPR/S/285/REV.1 |
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The CEMAC countries have harmonized their pesticide registration procedures. Common regulations were adopted by the Council of Ministers in March 2006. They are aimed at "pooling the experience and expertise of the member States in assessing and approving pesticides to ensure that they are used rationally and judiciously and to protect human health and the environment " .
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The free movement for persons is effective only in Cameroon, the Congo, the Central African Republic and Chad. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have cited security reasons for restricting it. In 2005, the CEMAC Heads of State adopted an Act guaranteeing free movement within the Community for stays of less than three months. The Act is immediately applicable in the four countries already practising free movement and progressively applicable in the other two. It recommends the implementation of a road map comprising 13 measures, in particular: the establishment of a committee responsible for overseeing the implementation of the relevant Community provisions; the strengthening of police, customs and environmental cooperation
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WT/TPR/S/285/REV.1 |
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The CEMAC countries have all ratified the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Community regulations reflecting these commitments were adopted in 2005. In accordance with these regulations, the importation, exportation and re-exportation of these substances, products that contain them and equipment that uses them are subject to the procurement of a licence issued by the Minister responsible for trade, after consulting the Minister responsible for the environment of each member State. The substances, products and equipment subject to these regulations are specified in an annex to the regulations.
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