Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/242 |
S-III§112 |
Jamaica |
2010 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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Instructions for the drafting of a Biosafety Bil, which will enable accession to the Convention of Biological Diversity and implementation of the Convention's Biosafety Protocol regarding genetically modified organisms, are pending the approval of Cabinet
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/242 |
S-III§68-69 |
Jamaica |
2010 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences |
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Export licences are issued for specific items, whose exportation may impact negatively on the environment, or, or in keeping with international obligations, such as crocodiles, crocodile eggs, bird eggs, sugar, lignum vitae, and log wood, as well as live animals and shells subject to the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Other products such as bauxite and alumnia are subject to licences to protect heritage
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Conservation
Endangered
Environment
MEAs
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/242 |
S-III§89 |
Jamaica |
2010 |
Measures |
Other environmental requirements |
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The Government remains involved in trading activities through a number of commodities boards and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica with the purpose of purchasing petroleum, property management, and search for alternative sources of energy
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/242 |
S-II§33; S-III§35 |
Jamaica |
2010 |
Measures |
Other price and market based measures |
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The Environmental Levy is set at 0.5% of the c.i.f. value of all imports and these fees were intended to be used for the management of all types of waste that pose a threat to the environment
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Endangered
Environment
Hazardous
Waste
MEAs
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Government TPR; Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/G/242 ; WT/TPR/S/242 |
G-VII§66; S-III§42-43; S-V§ Table AIII.2 |
Jamaica |
2010 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
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Relevant information
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Import prohibitions and licensing are applied for environmental considerations, or under international conventions (Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes, Montreal Protocol on Protection of the Ozone Layer, Endangered species according to the CITES Convention)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/225/REV.1 |
S-III§6 |
Malaysia |
2010 |
Measures |
Tax concessions |
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Direct and indirect tax incentives apply, inter alia, to investments in environmental protection activities
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/225/REV.1 |
S-III§3 |
Malaysia |
2010 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
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Relevant information
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import prohibitions implemented on, inter alia, environmental protection grounds
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/225/REV.1 |
S-III§36 |
Malaysia |
2010 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
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Relevant information
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Non-automatic import licensing system for CFCs to comply with Malaysia's obligations under the Montreal Protocol
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/225/REV.1 |
S-III§48 |
Malaysia |
2010 |
Measures |
Export tariffs |
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Export taxes maintained on timber, live animals, ash and residues, precious metals, copper, and ferrous waste and scrap to better manage sustainable development of Malaysian forest
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Keywords
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Environment
Forest
Sustainable
Waste
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/225/REV.1 |
S-III§53 |
Malaysia |
2010 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Export quotas |
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Relevant information
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Export controls on toxic and/or hazardous wastes products introduced in pursuance of the Regulation under the purview of the Environmental Quality Department (Customs (Prohibition of Exports) Order 2006)
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Environment
Hazardous
Waste
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