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Rwanda's current guiding policy document, Vision 2020, aims to achieve middle-income status by 2020(...)The vision 2020 is now under review towards Vision 2050(...).In addition to gender equality, environmental protection and sustainable natural resource management, (...).Sectoral strategies underpinning the NST, are well aligned to ensure that Rwanda meets the sustainable development goals before 2030.

Import licensing requirements, 2014
HS headinga Licence type Description of goods Reason for licence
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Pesticides
ex 2903.10 NA Parathion, ethyl Health, environment
ex 2907 NA 2,4,5-trichlorphenyl (s,4,5-T); dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT); chlordimeform Health, environment
ex 2903.40 NA Dibromocholoropropane (DBCP); ethylene dibromide (EDB) Health, environment
ex 2907.20 NA Pentachlorophenol (PCP) Health, environment
ex 29 NA Lead arsenate Health, environment
ex 29 NA Thallium and its salts Health, environment
ex 29 NA Aldrin, dieldrin and endrin Health, environment
Equipment requiring the use of ozone-depleting substances
8408, ex 8409, 8414.30 NA Compressors and their parts Montreal Protocol
ex 8418 NA Used refrigerating equipment Montreal Protocol
ex 84 NA Dehumidifiers Montreal Protocol
8415 NA Air-conditioning machines and parts, auto air-conditioning units and their parts for new or used vehicles, mounted or not Montreal Protocol
8418 NA Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating/freezing equipment Montreal Protocol
8403 NA Heat pumps and their parts for domestic and commercial use Montreal Protocol
ex 84 NA Portable fire extinguishers and their parts Montreal Protocol
2903.19, 2903.20-23, 2903.40, 45, 47 and 49 NA Mixtures containing ODSs Montreal Protocol

(…) Besides disciplines on trade in goods and services, there are provisions on investment, electronic commerce, competition, government procurement, state owned enterprises, intellectual property, the environment and labour. (…)

Local content requirements for eligible products under cash incentives (export subsidies)
Product Local content requirement
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Photovoltaic modules Minimum 30%

North Macedonia is a party to: the Energy Charter Treaty; the Energy Community; and the Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement. In addition to national considerations, the energy policy of the country is geared towards transposing the EU energy acquis in terms not only of liberalization but also of energy security, energy efficiency and environmental objectives.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO, or Fisheries and Oceans Canada) is the federal department responsible for formulating and enforcing rules and regulations, as well as governing the conservation and management of fishery resources in Canadian waters. (...)The proposed amendments include: re-establishing protection for all fish and fish habitat (i.e. the 2012 amendments only focused on the protection of fish that are part of a commercial, recreational or Aboriginal fishery); and incorporating modern safeguards (e.g. a prohibition on fishing for cetaceans, legal requirements related to rebuilding fish stocks, and requirements to publicly release information on project decisions) in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of marine resources. (...)

Other actions by Ecuador for the sustainable management of its fisheries include the National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOA IUU) in 2015, which set out the country's policy for combating IUU in the territorial waters of Ecuador and the adjacent high seas. This instrument is compatible with the FAO's International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA IUU) as well as regional and international fisheries regulations.