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(…) The Government has encouraged the development of alternative sources of energy, with the Electricity Act of 2003 providing a preferential tariff for renewable-based electricity and a mandatory renewable purchase obligation (RPO) for State utilities. (...) The National Tariff Policy of 2011 further amended the RPO (renewable purchase obligation) by adding a solar purchase obligation (SPO) as part of the RPO of 0.25% by 2013 and 3% by 2022. Grid-connected renewable energy generation constituted 5.65% of total energy produced between April 2014 and January 2015.

Table 3.4 Consumption tax on fuels and petroleum products
Product; Rate (B per gallon)
Petrol, 91 and 95 octane, unleaded;
with 5% of anhydrous bioethanol of foreign origin; 3.78
with 5% of anhydrous bioethanol of domestic origin; 0.57
with 7% of anhydrous bioethanol of domestic origin: 0.56
with 10% of anhydrous bioethanol of domestic origin: 0.54
Product; Rate (B per gallon)
Petrol mixed with biodiesel of foreign origin;1.58

Import restrictions apply on a number of products for safety, health and environmental reasons; and in some cases for infant industry protection. Under the Import Control Order of 1976, the Import Control Regulations of 1980 and Legal Notice No. 60 of 2000, the following products from outside the SACU customs union are subject to prior import permits: (...) used motor vehicles ; used earthmoving equipment; used tyres and tyre castings; used clothing; used footwear; used textiles; and wild animal products. The Ministry of Finance issues the import permits for the products listed above. Any person, company or non-commercial institution may apply for a permit. Applications and attendant documents are submitted to the principal Secretary of the Ministry of Finance , and are examined by the Import Permit Committee (IPC), chaired by the Ministry of Finance. Import permits are valid for one year and must not be transferred, negotiated, sold or used by any person other than the person named in the permit.

Table A2.1 Turkey's Involvement in Dispute Settlement Cases, 1 January 2012 1 December 2015
Subject Respondent/ complainant/ appellant Request for consultation received Status (as at 30 October 2014) WTO document series
Panels
European Union – Anti-Dumping Measures on Biodiesel from Indonesia EU/Indonesia 17-June-14 Panel composed, interim report pending WT/DS/480
(...)
European Union – Anti-Dumping Measures on Biodiesel from Argentina EU/Argentina 19-Dec-13 Panel composed, interim report pending WT/DS473
(...)
India – Certain Measures Relating to Solar Cells and Solar Modules India/U.S. 6-Feb-13 Panel composed, interim report issued, final report issued to parties, translation pending WT/DS456
(...)

The 2014 Economic Action Plan focused on: (i) balancing the budget (section 1.2); (ii) supporting jobs and growth; (iii) developing resources responsibly, conserving Canada's natural heritage and investing in infrastructure and transportation by supporting the mining, forestry and agriculture sectors; investing in national parks and conservation initiatives; expanding tax support for clean energy; and making strategic investments in public infrastructure and transportation services; and (iv) supporting families and communities. (...)

Other activities are envisaged as follows:
(...)
• strengthening of the standard setting and quality grading system for industrial products, in conformity with an ecologically sustainable approach to industrial development;
(...)

ASEAN and the U.S. are currently working on the finalization of the ASEAN-US Cooperation in Fostering Cooperation in Telecommunications and Information Technology Services and to also organize a workshop on illegal wildlife trafficking in 2017.

As part of implementing Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Measures (SPS) measures, Botswana is in the process of enacting a law on biotechnology and genetically modified organisms as well as protection of new plant varieties (intellectual property).

Second-hand cars of eight years or older are subject to 25% import duty, 18% VAT, 6% withholding tax, and an environmental levy at 20%

The forest;  and agricultural land management programme (programme 20) is intended to give the Congo Basin the means of playing a sustainable leading role in the absorption of green house gases. It provides for capacity building in relation to the management of projects to be submitted to the Carbon Fund and the REDD mechanism, the generalization of forest;  management ( biodiversity reserves, sustainablelogging, including for small-scale permits), capacity building for people living on the fringes of the forest;  , the development of non-ligneous forest;  product value-adding projects, the 100% valorization of CEMAC tropical timber, and the reafforest; ation and regeneration of the degraded agricultural lands of the savannah areas.