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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1 S-L-III§105 Lesotho 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Lesotho has no specific legislation concerning genetically modified organisms, although it has accepted GM foodstuffs as part of food aid.
Keywords
Genetic
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/221/Rev.1 S-I§18; S-III§18 Maldives 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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High import tariff rates are kept on certain goods (e.g. plastic packaging material) deemed to be harmful to the environment.
Keywords
Environment
Labelling
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/214/Rev.1 S-IV§75 European Union 2009 Sectors Energy
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On the basis of the Green Paper adopted by the Commission in March 2006, the main EC objectives in energy are, inter alia, the achievement of environmentally sustainable, clean, and efficient energy supply and use as well as an increase in clean indigenous energy production, including renewable energies and other low carbon energy sources.
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Clean
Energy
Environment
Indigenous
Renewable
Sustainable
Green
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/222/Rev.1 G-N-IV§52 Namibia 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Namibia believes that it is only through multilateralism that fundamental issues of trade distorting subsidy programs, trade and environment, and erosion of trade preferences of developing countries could be effectively addressed and resolved.
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Environment
Soil
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/217 G-III§31 Morocco 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Export quotas
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Export restrictions on hides and skins have been eliminated, with the exception of wet blue hides in order to ensure the sustainable development of the tanning sector and to protect the environment.
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Environment
Sustainable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/214/Rev.1 S-IV§162 European Union 2009 Sectors Services
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One of the key performance targets of the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) is to reduce by 10% the environmental impact per flight.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1 S-Z-IV§254 South Africa 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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South Africa's specific commitments in the Uruguay Round include environment services.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/217/Rev.1 S-II§63, Table II.2; S-IV-Table IV.9 Morocco 2009 Sectors Services
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Article 17 (together with Article 19) of the Investment Charter provides for a partial State participation, through investment agreements, in the expenditure associated with the purchase of the land, the completion of the external infrastructure and professional training for enterprises whose investment programme is very considerable by reason of, among others, the protection of the environment.
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Environment
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/213; WT/TPR/S/213/Rev.1 G-III§50; S-IV§49, 51 Fiji 2009 Sectors Energy
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Objective of the Government are to improve the national energy mix from 40% of renewable energy to 50% for the grid and from 5% to 10% for off-grid electricity by 2011, and to have 30% of fuel used in transport from biofuel, Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by 2010.
Keywords
Bio
Energy
Renewable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1 S-S-III§109 Eswatini 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Export quotas
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Export prohibitions apply to products controlled under, inter alia, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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Endangered
MEAs