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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1 S-Z-III§76, 82, Table III.4 South Africa 2009 Measures Technical regulation or specifications
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The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act (NRCS Act) of 2008 provides the legal framework for the administration of technical regulations, maintained in the interests of public safety, health, and the environment.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/209 S-IV§9 Mozambique 2009 Sectors Agriculture
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The National strategy for agriculture, contained in the "Vision for agriculture" (2003), the "Priorities for agricultural development" (2006), and "Mozambique's green revolution" (2007), aims at ensuring, among others, the proper management of natural resources.
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Natural resources
Green
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/Rev.1 S-IV§59 Fiji 2009 Sectors Energy
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Five-year tax holidays announced in the 2009 Budget will apply from 2009 to companies investing at least F$250,000 in renewable energy projects and power cogeneration.
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Energy
Renewable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1 S-S-IV§134, 141 Eswatini 2009 Sectors Agriculture
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Under its Comprehensive Agriculture Sector Policy, Swaziland's key objectives are to promote food security and increase productivity through the diversification and commercialization of activities, while ensuring community participation and sustainable development of its natural resources.
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Natural resources
Sustainable
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/216/Rev.1 G-III§72 New Zealand 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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New Zealand regards APEC as a valuable forum for advancing practical measures in response to climate change, including supporting work under way in the WTO, by promoting within the region the liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services.
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Climate
Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/Rev.1 S-IV§36 Fiji 2009 Sectors Forestry
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Fiji is a signatory to a number of forest-related conventions and agreements, including the International Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA).
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Bio
Climate
Desertification
Endangered
Forest
MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1 S-S-IV§158 Eswatini 2009 Sectors Forestry
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Swaziland is endowed with a wide range of forest resources: there are more than 3,400 species of higher plants (i.e. about 14% of Southern Africa's species), and 39 plant species have a global conservation status.
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Conservation
Forest
Wildlife
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/212/Rev.1 S-III§111, Table III.4 Brazil 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Non-automatic licenses are required for products that may cause damage to human, plant or animal health, or to the environment.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/216/Rev.1 S-IV§26 New Zealand 2009 Sectors Energy
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The Government's current overall objective with regard to energy policy is "to ensure that electricity is delivered in an efficient, fair, reliable and environmentally sustainable manner to all consumers".
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Energy
Environment
Sustainable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/224 S-II§56 Georgia 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Georgia benefited from a number of TA activities on TRIPS, such as the workshop for Central and Eastern European and Central Asian and the Caucasus (CEECAC) countries which, in June 2008, covered topics as varied as public health, biotechnology, biodiversity, traditional knowledge, and geographical indications.
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Bio