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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§59 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Decree No. 68-86 bans the import of animal or human waste, whether or not treated, for reasons of public health and environmental protection.
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Environment
Waste
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§106 Guatemala 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Under Decree No. 44-200, Guatemala ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Bio
MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-IV§20 Guatemala 2009 Sectors Agriculture
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The Agricultural and Sectoral Policy for 2004-2007 identifies as one of its priorities the husbanding and the conservation of natural resources, by providing incentives for the proper use of the soil and developing programmes for its reclamation and conservation.
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Conservation
Natural resources
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§59 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Decree No. 110-97 prohibits to import or bring into Guatemala industrial or domestic products that utilize chlorofluorocarbons.
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Climate
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§118 Guatemala 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Guatemala is party to a number of international environmental agreements (e.g. CITES, Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the Montreal Protocol).
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Environment
Hazardous
Waste
MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-IV§136 Guatemala 2009 Sectors Services
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The National Maritime Port Policy was launched in 2006 with the aim of modernizing the ports and adapting them to ensure greater protection of the environment and maritime areas and increased efficiency.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§106 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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A genetically modified organisms biology group (GOB) has been constituted in order to prepare new technical regulations and standards for the import of genetically modified products, taking into account commercial and environmental aspects, but by May 2008 it had not yet started to operate.
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Bio
Environment
Genetic
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§7, 119 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Export quotas
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Under the Forestry Law of 2 December 1996 (Decree No. 101-96), export of logs of more than 11 cm in diameter is banned for environmental reasons.
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Environment
Forest
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§106 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Ministerial Decision No. 386-2006 lays down requirements on the import, transport and handling of live modified organisms (LVOs) for agricultural use within Guatemala, the establishment of field trials and production for export. LVOs must also meet the requirements laid down in Decree No. 68-86 (Law on the Protection and Improvement of the Environment).
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Environment
Genetic
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1 S-III§117 Guatemala 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Export licences, Export quotas
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Export prohibitions are mainly imposed for environmental reasons among others.
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Environment