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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/1/KAZ/1 | Kazakhstan | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Waste management and recycling
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Investment measures, Technical regulation or…
Investment measures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Mining | Trade-related Investment Measures in the Oil and…
Trade-related Investment Measures in the Oil and Gas and Mining Sector
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 291-IV «On Subsurface and Subsurface Use» of 24 June 2010 Chapter 9-1. Processing or other use of technogenic mineral formations Article 101-3. Application for participation in direct negotiations on signing a contract for mining minerals from technogenic mineral formation or a contract for the use of technogenic mineral formations (...) 2. The application for participation in direct negotiations on the conclusion of a contract for the extraction of minerals from technogenic mineral formations or contract for the use technogenic mineral formations shall be accompanied by documents containing the following information: 1) General characteristics of technogenic mineral formations, indicating that they contain harmful, toxic substances, solid and liquid waste disposal sites of sewage and industrial waters, including the location of technogenic mineral formations, storage period, maintenance costs, availability and location of observation network for monitoring groundwater water and environment; 2) technology program, including information on the proposed use of technologies and to activities that involves the formation of harmful, toxic substances, solid and liquid waste, waste water and industrial water; 3) characterization of harmful, toxic substances, solid and liquid waste, waste water and industrial water, indicating the name of the product, a technical manufacturing or process in which it is formed, its physical characteristics, total chemical composition, the content of toxic components, flammability, explosivity, solubility, compatibility with other substances during storage, main polluting radionuclides, their activity and transportation characteristics of the system; 4) conclusion of the authorized body for the study and utilization of mineral resources; 5) the conclusion of the State ecological expertise. |
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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/1/KAZ/1 | Kazakhstan | 2016 | Natural resources conservation, Soil management…
Natural resources conservation, Soil management and conservation, Waste management and recycling
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Investment measures, Other environmental…
Investment measures, Other environmental requirements, Risk assessment
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Energy, Mining | Trade-related Investment Measures in the Oil and…
Trade-related Investment Measures in the Oil and Gas and Mining Sector
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 291-IV «On Subsurface and Subsurface Use» of 24 June 2010 Chapter 11. Protection of subsurface and environment, rational and comprehensive use of subsurface, safety of the population and personnel Article 107. Tasks of the protection of subsurface and environment, rational and comprehensive use of subsurface The protection of subsurface and environment, rational and comprehensive use of subsurface shall include a system of legal, organizational, economic, technological and other measures aimed at: 1) protection of the life and health of the population; 2) rational and comprehensive use of subsurface resources; 3) preservation of natural landscapes and reclamation of disturbed land and other geomorphological structures; 4) preservation of properties of the energy State of the upper parts of subsurface for the purpose of prevention of earthquakes, landslips, flooding, and soil subsidence; 5) ensuring preservation of the natural State of water bodies. Article 108. General environment requirements At all stages of subsurface use, including forecasting, planning, and designing, the environmental requirements established by the environmental legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be complied with on the priority basis. Article 109. Ecological basis for conducting subsurface use operations 1. The ecological basis for conduction subsurface use operations shall be formed by the positive opinions of State environmental and sanitary-epidemiological experts of subsurface use contracts, project documentation and ecological permission. 2. Subsurface users shall be obliged to present for State environmental and sanitary-epidemiological expert reviews all pre-project and project documentation, which shall include environmental impact assessment concerning the proposed activities and incorporate an "Environmental protection" section. Article 110. Requirements for rational and comprehensive use of subsurface use and protection of subsurface 1. The requirements for rational and comprehensive use of subsurface and protection of subsurface shall be as follows: (...) 4) reliable recording of the reserves of basic and associated minerals and components, both extracted and depleted in subsurface, including products of processing of mineral raw materials and production waste resulting from the development of the deposits; (...) 8) prevention of subsurface pollution, especially during underground storage of oil, gas or other substances and materials, burial of harmful substances and waste; (...) 10) ensuring compliance with environmental and sanitary-epidemiological requirements during the storage and placement of waste; 11) using petroleum gas to the maximum extent, by processing it to obtain strategically important energy carriers or primary resources for the petrochemical industry, reducing to a minimum any damage to the environment. (...) Article 111. Liquidation and conservation of subsurface use objects (...) 3. Liquidation or conservation of subsurface use objects shall be performed in accordance with liquidation or conservation project documentation, which shall be developed by a design organization having an appropriate license for the performance of operations and provision of services in the sphere of environmental protection and which shall be agreed with the authorized body in the field of State support for industrial innovation, together with the authorized body in the field of oil and gas for environmental protection, for the study and use of subsurface, in the deposit of industrial safety, the sanitary-and-epidemiological service, and land management bodies and which shall be approved by the subsurface user financing the work associated with the designing and implementation of the project, on the basis of the rules for the liquidation and conservation of subsurface use objects, approved by the authorized body in the field of State support for industrial innovation, together with the authorized body in the field of oil and gas. 4. Operations on liquidation or conservation of subsurface use objects shall be deemed to be completed upon the signing of an act of the acceptance of work on the liquidation or conservation of the subsurface use object, by a commission created by the competent body and consisting of representatives from the authorized bodies for environmental protection, industrial safety, sanitary-and-epidemiological service, study and use of subsurface, the body for the management of land resources and local executive bodies of a region, a city of republican significance, the capital. 5. After the receipt of the work acceptance protocol on the liquidation or conservation of a subsurface use object, approved by the authorized body for environmental protection, the geological, surveyor's and other documentation shall be replenished as of the time of the completion of the work and shall be provided for keeping to the authorized body for the study and use of subsurface in accordance with the established procedure. (...) Article 112. Portions of subsurface of special environmental, scientific, historical-cultural and recreational value 1. Portions of subsurface having special environmental, scientific, historical-cultural and recreational value shall be referred to objects of the State-owned natural preserve stock with the legal regime of special protection or regulated regime of business activities, which are intended for the preservation of typical, unique or rare geological, geomorphological and hydrogeological objects. 2. The particularities of the protection and use of portions of subsurface having special environmental, scientific, historical-cultural and recreational value shall be established in the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on specially protected natural territories. 3. Portions of subsurface having special environmental, scientific, historical-cultural and recreational value may not be alienated for any other needs. 4. To the extent of discovery of a geological, geomorphological or hydrogeological site having special environmental, scientific, historical-cultural and recreational value, subsurface users must terminate the operations in the relevant area and notify about it the authorized body for the study and use of subsurface and the authorized body for environmental protection. Article 114. Conducting petroleum operations offshore, in inland water bodies, environmental emergency zones, and in specially protected natural areas 1. A general decision on the possibility of the conducting petroleum operations offshore, in inland water bodies, in environmental emergency zones and in specially protected natural areas shall be made by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan following a proposal of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of the opinion of a State environmental expertise. 2. The procedure for the performance of petroleum operations offshore, petroleum operations in inland water bodies, environmental emergency zones, and in specially protected natural areas shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 3. During the operation of deposits, oil transportation in offshore nature reserve areas shall be performed through pipelines in accordance with the requirements established by environmental legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/1/KAZ/1 | Kazakhstan | 2016 | Natural resources conservation, Other…
Natural resources conservation, Other environmental risks mitigation, Waste management and recycling
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Investment measures, Other measures | Mining | Trade-related Investment Measures in the Oil and…
Trade-related Investment Measures in the Oil and Gas and Mining Sector
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 291-IV «On Subsurface and Subsurface Use» of 24 June 2010 Chapter 12. State control over subsurface protection, study and use Article 116. State control over subsurface protection 1. State control over subsurface protection shall be exercised by the authorized body for environmental protection. 2. The task of the State control over subsurface protection shall be to ensure control over compliance by subsurface users with the subsurface and subsurface use legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan as it relates to the prevention of subsurface pollution in the course of subsurface use operations and a decrease in harmful environmental impacts on the environment, as well as the detection and control of illegal use of mineral resources. 3. State control over subsurface protection shall include: 1) State monitoring of the protection of subsurface; 2) control over compliance with licensing and contractual terms relating to the protection of subsurface; 3) control over burial of harmful substances, radioactive waste and discharge of waste water into subsurface; 4) control over the prevention of subsurface pollution, flooding, fire and technogenic processes damaging deposits and other environmental objects; 4-1) control measures to detect and prevent illegal use of mineral resources. 5) control over conservation and liquidation of subsurface use facilities; 6) control over the performance of measures aimed at preventing emergency or other hazardous situations in the course of subsurface use operations; 7) control over compliance with environmental standards and rules when using subsurface and processing mineral raw materials; 8) control over compliance with design solutions relating to environmental protection in the course of production and processing of mineral raw materials. |
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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/1/KAZ/1 | Kazakhstan | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Waste management and recycling
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Investment measures, Technical regulation or…
Investment measures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Energy, Mining | Trade-related Investment Measures in the Oil and…
Trade-related Investment Measures in the Oil and Gas and Mining Sector
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 291-IV «On Subsurface and Subsurface Use» of 24 June 2010 Chapter 13. State subsurface fund Article 119. Recording the condition of the State subsurface fund 1. The State subsurface stock includes the subsurface of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 2. The following shall be performed in order to ensure efficient use of the State subsurface stock: (...) 5) maintenance of State cadastres of: - deposits and occurrences of minerals; - burials of harmful substances, radioactive waste and discharge of waste waters into the subsurface; - technogenic minerals formations. Article 121. State expertise of subsurface (...) 3. A State expertise may be performed at any stage of the geological study of a deposit/deposit, provided that the geological materials submitted for the State expertise make it possible to provide an objective assessment of the quantity and quality of the mineral reserves, their significance for the economy of the Republic, and of the mining, hydrogeological, environmental, and other conditions of production. Article 123. State cadastre of deposits and occurrences of minerals (...) 2. The State cadastre of deposits and occurrences of minerals shall include information about each deposit, describing the quantity and quality of the main minerals and those accompanying them and of components contained therein, and mine engineering, hydrogeological, environmental and other conditions of deposit development and its geological and economic appraisal, as well as information concerning any discovered occurrences of minerals. Article 124. State cadastre of burials of harmful substances, radioactive waste and discharges of waste water into subsurface 1. The State cadastre of burials of harmful substances, radioactive waste and discharges of waste water into subsurface shall be organized by the authorized body for environmental protection for the purposes of prompt receipt of information, decision making with regard to environmental protection matters and for exercising planned control over the condition of places of burial of harmful substances, radioactive waste and the discharge of waste water into the subsurface. 2. The State cadastre of burials of harmful substances, radioactive waste and discharges of waste water into the subsurface shall contain information describing the type and form of buried substances and discharged water, setting forth their quantity and quality parameters, and mine engineering, special engineering geological, hydrogeological and ecological conditions of the burial or discharge. 3. The procedure for maintaining the State cadastre of burials of harmful substances, radioactive waste and discharges of waste water into the subsurface shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Article 125. State cadastre of technogenic mineral formations (...) 2. The State cadastre of technogenic mineral formations shall contain information about stored items, characterizing the type and form of the technogenic mineral formations and setting forth their quantity and quality parameters, and mine engineering and ecological conditions of storage. |
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures | G/SCM/N/253/TUR/SUPPL.2 | Türkiye | 2015 | General environmental protection | Investment measures, Loans and financing, Other…
Investment measures, Loans and financing, Other support measures, Tax concessions
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All products/economic activities | The investment incentive program |
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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/2/REV.27/ADD.2 | Cambodia | 2018 | General environmental protection, Natural…
General environmental protection, Natural resources conservation
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Investment measures | Not specified | The existing laws and regulations related to …
The existing laws and regulations related to (domestic and foreign) investment (…)
• Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management (1996) . |
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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/2/REV.28; G/TRIMS/N/2/REV.28/CORR.1 | 2018 | General environmental protection, Natural…
General environmental protection, Natural resources conservation
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Investment measures | Not specified |
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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/2/REV.27/ADD.2 | Cambodia | 2018 | Sustainable forestry management | Investment measures | Forestry | The existing laws and regulations related to …
The existing laws and regulations related to (domestic and foreign) investment (…)
• Law on Forestry (2002) |
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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/2/REV.28; G/TRIMS/N/2/REV.28/CORR.1 | 2018 | Sustainable forestry management | Investment measures | Forestry |
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Trade-Related Investment Measures | G/TRIMS/N/2/REV.29 | Cambodia | 2020 | General environmental protection, Natural…
General environmental protection, Natural resources conservation
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Investment measures | Not specified | The existing laws and regulations related to …
The existing laws and regulations related to (domestic and foreign) investment (...)
• Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management (1996) |
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