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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/384/Rev.1 S-IV§82 East African Community (EAC): Kenya 2019 Sectors Other environmental requirements Mining
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Holders of mineral rights are required to implement an environmental management plan, and contribute to the development of local communities by entering into Community Development Agreements with them. (...)
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Environment
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/252/; WT/TPR/S/252/Rev.1 G-II§42-43; G-III§85-87; S-IV§2, 103, 106, 118 Zimbabwe 2011 Sectors Mining
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Policy objectives are, inter alia, to sustain development of the country's mineral resources and to create employment opportunities by profitably exploiting Zimbabwe's natural resources for its socio-economic development, with environmental issues in mineral exploitation, as well as indigenization and empowerment issues being given due attention at project inception and development stages
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Environment
Natural resources
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/384/Rev.1 S-IV§15 East African Community (EAC): Rwanda 2019 Sectors
Conformity assessment procedures, Other…
Conformity assessment procedures, Other environmental requirements, Risk assessment, Technical regulation or specifications
 Mining
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Other institutions responsible for certain aspects of subsoil resources management include: the RDB, facilitating investment projects and overseeing environmental impact assessments (EIAs); the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), setting environmental standards and carrying out environmental inspections; and MINICOM, issuing mineral trading licences.
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Environment
Soil
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/285/Rev.1 S-IV§4.62
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Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC): Cameroon
 2013 Sectors Mining
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4.62. (...), in June 2012, for example, the Government concluded a mining sector capacity-building project (PRECASEM) with the World Bank in order to "improve the efficiency and transparency of mining sector management and the frameworks for sustainable mining development".
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Sustainable
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/219/Rev.1; WT/TPR/S/219/Rev.1 G-II§20; S-IV§36 Zambia 2009 Sectors Mining
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The new Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act of 2008 provides for, inter alia, separate licences for prospecting and for production of oil and gas as well as stronger legal provisions on environmental protection.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/297/Rev.1 S-IV§31 Mongolia 2014 Sectors Mining
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(…) Other legislation affecting petroleum exploration and exploitation includes the Constitution, Land Law, Subsoil Law, Environmental Protection Law, and National Security Law.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/292/Rev.2 S-IV§28 Malaysia 2014 Sectors Mining
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The sector's development remains guided mainly by the 2009 Second National Mineral Policy (NMP2), aimed at ensuring the sustainable development and optimum use of minerals in an environmentally sound and responsible manner. (…)
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Sustainable
Environment
Natural resources
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/362 S-IV§17 The West African Economic and Monetary Union 2017 Sectors General environmental reference Mining
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All the member States have brought themselves into conformity with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) , apart from Benin (which has no mining industry) and Guinea Bissau. This should help to improve the management of mining revenue and ensure that there is greater transparency in the awarding of contracts, and that mechanisms are put in place to manage mining income so that it benefits the population as a whole. Unfortunately, the management of small scale mining operations and, in particular, panning for gold lies outside the control of the EITI, despite the fact that exports of gold – mostly the product of non industrial mining – account for one fifth of the Union's total exports (Table 4.2), with disastrous human and environmental consequences. The community Mining Code was being revised in 2017 in order to take these concerns into account.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/340/Rev.1 S-IV§43 Zambia 2016 Sectors Other environmental requirements Mining
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The Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Development is responsible for the mining policy in Zambia. During the review period, the main legislation regulating the sector (the Mines and Minerals Development Act, 2008) was reviewed and replaced by the Mines and Minerals Development (Amendment) Act, 2015. It entered into force on 1 July 2015. In substance, the Act revises regulations relating to the exploration of mining and processing of minerals; provides for safety, health and environmental protection in mining operations; and provides for the establishment of the Mining Appeals Tribunal.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/236/Rev.1 S-IV§176 Burkina Faso 2010 Sectors Mining
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Serious environmental problems, such as water pollution by mercury, still remain despite efforts to train the gold panners and the banning of the use of chemical products for treating the ore
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Environment
Pollution