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The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Acknowledgements This Guide was produced by the Green Customs Initiative Secretariat (Paris, France) through a collaborative effort of the partners of the Green Customs Initiative. We would particularly like to thank: … Bankobeza, Magda Bauta, Daniel Cardozo, Ezra Clark (Green Customs Coordinator), James Curlin, Hui Fu, Kathryn Garforth, …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… COMESA Common Market for East and Southern Africa CSD Customs Services Department CU Customs Unions EAC East African Community EIA Economic … Agreements on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM), Customs Valuation, the Application of Sanitary and …
Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products
… captured in national statistics of trade are dependent on Customs codes, which can be challenging to include … and aromatic at over 1.3 million tonnes, with a reported Customs value of over USD5 billion (International Trade Centre, purposes alone (Customs code HS1211, a subset of those valued at over USD3.4 …
Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… year in the last two decades. In 2013, Kenyan wildlife and Customs authorities seized more illegally acquired animal … wealth and sky rocketing prices. In response, Asian Customs authorities have intensified enforcement efforts, … extremely important for building the capacity of Kenya’s Customs, revenue and port police units to detect and track …
Principles of phytosanitary legislation
… 1.2.1 The principle of non-discrimination 3 1.2.2 Lowering customs barriers 4 1.2.3 The flexibility of the principles 4 … major principles: non-discrimination and the removal of customs barriers. 1.2.1 The principle of non-discrimination … By virtue of this clause, any State that has granted customs concessions to one of its GATT partners must apply it …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… International Development VAT Value Added Tax WCO World Customs Organization WEEE Waste of Electrical and Electronic … United Nations General Assembly, INTERPOL,8 and the World Customs Organization (WCO), as well as by many countries. … cooperation initiatives bringing together police, customs, environmental agencies, other specialized agencies, …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… and Trade ("GATT"). As of July 2004, 147 states and customs territories ("WTO Members" or "Members") had joined … the TRIPs Agreement. As of July 2004, 147 states or customs territories were obligated to comply with TRIPs by …