Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/394/REV.1 |
S-III§129 |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
2019 |
Measures |
Intellectual property measures |
Manufacturing |
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Under the National Socio-economic Development Plan (NSEDP), Lao PDR has made some progress towards increasing the effectiveness of its science, technology, and innovation policy and its IPR framework. In this regard, it developed and amended some of its legislation and policies. A number of relevant laws, including the Law on Science and Technology, the Law on Technology Transfer, the Electronic Transaction Law, and the Biotechnology Safety Law, were put in place.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-Summary§8 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Import licences, Import quotas |
Fisheries |
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8. During the review period, changes to Japan's import licensing regime related to the removal of import restrictions on: (i) whales and their preparations, due to Japan's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission; (...). Import quotas continue to be applied to various marine products, with the aim of conserving exhaustible natural resources and enforcing government measures to restrict quantities of the like domestic products; quota fill rates in 2017 ranged from 2.7% to 98.4%.
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Conservation
Fish
MEAs
Natural resources
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-Summary§14 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Public procurement |
All products/economic activities |
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14. (...) Japan, a WTO Government Procurement Agreement signatory, promotes Green procurement and the participation of SMEs in the market (...).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-1§12 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Tax concessions, Internal taxes |
Forestry |
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1.12. The 2019 tax reform proposals were, inter alia, aimed at levelling demand fluctuations that could occur upon the consumption tax rate hike (see below) (...) Other areas where measures were passed included: (...) and creation of Forest Environment Tax (provisional) and Forest Environment Transfer Tax (provisional); (...) establishment of local taxation systems for the sustainable development of cities and rural areas, etc.); (...)
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Environment
Forest
Sustainable
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-3§29 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Import tariffs |
Fisheries, Forestry |
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3.29. Japan has bound 91.8% of its tariff lines (including partially-bound lines). 175 lines are unbound ; these relate mainly to fisheries (fish, crustaceans, and seaweed), petroleum oils, and wood and articles thereof. There are no instances where MFN applied rates exceed bound rates. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-3§41 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Import licences |
Chemicals |
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3.41. Japan notified its replies to the WTO questionnaire on import licensing procedures for 2018 and 2017. It also notified a new import licensing requirement for certain mercury and mercury added products; this is to implement the Minamata Convention on Mercury (adopted in October 2013), which aims to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.4 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Import licences |
Fisheries |
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Table 3.4 Goods subject to import licensing under the Import Trade Control Order
Items: Marine animals and their preparations; fish, crustaceans, other aquatics and their preparations; products of animal origin (marine animals, fish, crustaceans and molluscs); seaweeds and their preparations;
HS Nos.: 01.06; 02.08; 02.10; 03.01-03.07; 05.04; 05.06-05.08; 05.11; 12.12; 15.04; 15.06; 15.21; 16.01; 16.02; 16.04; 16.05; 21.06; 23.01; 23.09;
Application: Products shipped from outside Japanese waters;
Rationale: Prevent adverse effects on fishing activities of Japanese fishermen
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.4 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Import licences |
Other |
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Table 3.4 Goods subject to import licensing under the Import Trade Control Order
Items: Wild animals and plants in Appendix I of the CITES; Wild animals and plants in CITES Appendices II and III;
HS Nos.: Not provided; Not provided;
Application: All trading partners; CITES non-members;
Rationale [a]: Compliance with CITES; Compliance with CITES
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[a] (...) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.4 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Import licences |
Other |
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Table 3.4 Goods subject to import licensing under the Import Trade Control Order
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Items: Substances that deplete the ozone layer, specified hazardous wastes, and waste chemical weapons goods;
HS Nos.: Not provided;
Application: All trading partners, with certain exceptions [b];
Rationale: Compliance with various national laws and international conventions/protocols
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[b] The approval requirements do not apply to members of the Montreal Protocol and to the Chemical Weapons Convention for the goods that they cover, respectively.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/397/REV.1 |
S-3§44 |
Japan |
2020 |
Measures |
Import quotas |
Chemicals, Fisheries, Other |
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3.44. Goods subject to import quotas are set out in the METI's Public Notice No. 170 of 1966, as last amended by Public Notice No. 106 of 2019. Products subject to import quotas are: (i) certain marine products (see below); and (ii) controlled substances listed in Annex A, Group 1 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (excluding, inter alia, those imported by persons required to obtain import approval (see above)). With respect to the latter, the list of these controlled substances was adopted at the Montreal Protocol 28th Party Meeting held in October 2016. Hydrofluorocarbons, for which import restrictions came into effect from 1 January 2019, were added as controlled substances.
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