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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1 S-Z-III§248 South Africa 2009 Sectors Energy
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Wholly state-owned enterprise Eskom started a demand-management programme in 2006 aimed at reducing demand through, inter alia, rationalizing electricity use and promoting the use of alternative energy.
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Energy
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/209/Rev.1 S-IV§81 Mozambique 2009 Sectors Services
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A new Tourism Policy and Implementation Strategy was adopted in 2003 and continues to aim at the sustainable management of natural resources.
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Natural resources
Sustainable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/216/Rev.1 S-II§45-6 New Zealand 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and China including provision on environment was signed on 7 April 2008 and entered into force on 1 October 2008.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/Rev.1 S-IV§42 Fiji 2009 Sectors Forestry
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Proposals for commercial logging or for sawmills must undergo an Environmental Impact Assessment (Environment Management Act, 2004).
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1 S-S-IV§161 Eswatini 2009 Sectors Forestry
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The existing legislation on forestry in Swaziland consists of the Natural Resources Act (1951), the Flora Protection Act (2001), aimed at protecting indigenous flora, including environmental impact assessment in respect of any activity impacting on such flora, and the Control of Tree Planting Act (1972).
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Environment
Forest
Indigenous
Natural resources
Wildlife
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/212/Rev.1 S-IV§1, 5, 46 Brazil 2009 Measures Not specified
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Enterprises investing in biodiesel crops eligible for reduced tax rates and preferential credit since 2004.
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Bio
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/216/Rev.1 S-IV§3, 26 New Zealand 2009 Sectors Energy
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An emission trading scheme was introduced in September 2008 to provide an incentive to reduce emissions and increase forest areas by imposing a price on greenhouse gases.
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Emissions
Forest
Green
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/224 S-III§2, 32, Table III.4 Georgia 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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The new Law on licences and permits in June 2005 simplified Georgian import licensing system, with licensing limited to protecting public health, the environment, and national security.
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Environment
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/219/Rev.1 G-II§37 Zambia 2009 Sectors Energy
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The National Energy Policy has been revised in 2008 with the objective to develop the enormous potential in the sector by increasing options and exploitation of the country's indigenous energy resources for sustainable development.
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Energy
Indigenous
Sustainable
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/220; WT/TPR/S/220/Rev.1 G-II§44-5; S-II§41; S-IV§63 Chile 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Within the context of the Doha Development Agenda negotiations, Chile is advocating the introduction of WTO disciplines that specifically address the problems of distortion relating to fisheries subsidies and to this end it has submitted several negotiating proposals, individually or jointly with other WTO Members.
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Fish