Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/317/REV.1 |
S-IV§7 |
European Union |
2015 |
Sectors |
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Services |
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Fisheries, environmental services, transport services, and pipelines services were comprehensively covered in the previous Review and are not included in this section. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/317/REV.1 |
S-IV§63 |
European Union |
2015 |
Sectors |
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Services |
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(...) In 2010 the European Commission placed the telecommunications policy into a wider framework by adopting the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) which is aimed at taking advantage of the potential offered by the rapid progress of digital technologies, notably by setting ambitious targets for the deployment of 4G and broadband networks, but the scope of the Agenda goes beyond telecommunication services to include areas such as e-commerce, and e-government. The DAE is itself part of a wider programme, the Europe Strategy 2020 for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/328 |
S-II§31 |
Georgia |
2015 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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(...) In June 2014, Georgia signed the Association Agreement with the European Union, reaching an important milestone under the EU Eastern Partnership programme. The Agreement marks years of cooperation between Tbilisi and Brussels under the Eastern Partnership program. It envisages the gradual improvements needed in areas such as trade, environment, agriculture, tourism, energy, transport, and education to bring Georgia in line with EU standards. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/328 |
S-II§39 |
Georgia |
2015 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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(...) In 2007, Georgia and the United States signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), which set up a joint US-Georgia Council on Trade and Investment that addresses trade and investment issues, including trade capacity building, intellectual property, labour and environmental issues. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/328 |
S-Summary§17 |
Georgia |
2015 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences |
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Georgia does not apply contingency measures and has not elaborated relevant legislation for such measures. Georgia notified to the WTO its list of products prohibited from importation/exportation, and that import/export permits are required only to protect public health, national security and the environment.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/328 |
S-III§2 |
Georgia |
2015 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Import licences |
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(...) Georgia notified to the WTO its list of products prohibited from importation/exportation, and that import/export permits are required only to protect public health, national security and the environment. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/328 |
S-III§32 |
Georgia |
2015 |
Measures |
Tax concessions |
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Customs tariff is exempted on, inter alia:
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• imports of goods for response to natural disaster and for humanitarian assistance;
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/328 |
S-Table-III.5 |
Georgia |
2015 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
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Table 3.5 Import prohibitions
Products prohibited from importation National legal basis Agency
Dangerous (including toxic) and radioactive industrial and other waste Law on Transit and Import of Wastes in the Territory of Georgia (8.2.1995) Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
Certain hazardous pesticides and chemical substances Law on Licences and Permits (9.7.2005) Ministry of Agriculture;
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
Some nuclear and radioactive substances Law on Licences and Permits (9.7.2005);
Law on Nuclear and Radioactive Security (20.3.2012) Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
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Waste
Hazardous
Environment
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/328 |
S-III§38 |
Georgia |
2015 |
Measures |
Import licences |
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In accordance with Georgia's notification to the WTO, import permits are required to protect public health, national security and the environment (Table 3.6).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/328 |
S-III§39 |
Georgia |
2015 |
Measures |
Import licences |
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Import permits are governed by the Law on Licences and Permits of 2005, the Law on Licensing and Permission Fees of 2003, as well as relevant legislation on, inter alia, arms, pesticides, and endangered species. Import permits apply to any products imported from any country, and products originating in any country. They do not contain any quantitative or value restrictions.
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