Taxonomy: Affected Trading Partner - Slovenia
Norway: Removal of turnus requirement for EEA-educated doctors
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On 14 September 2011, the government of Norway abolished its turnus-requirement for doctors eductated in the European Economic Area (EEA).South Africa: Increased duty on water meters
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On 23 December 2011, the government of South Africa increased the import duty rate on water meters from 0 to 10 percent. Meters for all other liquids are unaffected by this increase.Austria: Cap on bank lending to the CESEE region
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On 21 November 2011, Austrian financial market regulators tightened international lending standards for domestic banks.China: Initiation of antidumping investigation on imports of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether from the EU and the US
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On 18 November 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued the Notice No.India: Reinstatement of Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme for cotton yarn
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On 1 April 2011, the government of India re-introduced the Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (DEPB) for cotton yarn exports.Japan: Promotion of domestic wood
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In the New Growth Strategy of Japan (2010), the Japanese government announced that it would promote the use of Japanese wood instead of foreign wood. The target is to cover more than half of domestic demand for wood with domestic supply.Japan: A program facilitating and speeding up the administration related to imports extended to manufacturers
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In July 2009, the Japanese authorities extended the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program to manufacturers. This means that manufacturers, customs brokers, logistics operators and warehouse operators are eligible to become AEO's.China: Adjusted import tariff and import value-added taxation on key technological units
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On 15 July 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), General Administration of Taxation (GAT) and General Administration of Customs (GAC) jointly announced the Notice on Adjusting Import TUkraine: Initiation of a safeguard investigation on passenger cars
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Ukraine initiates safeguard investigation concerning imports of passenger cars (HS 8703) regardless of country of origin and export.China: VAT rebates for more than 2600 products
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On 3 June 2009, the government of China raised the Value Added Tax (VAT) rebates for designated textile and garment exports. Exporters of the benefiting products may recuperate part of the VAT included in intermediate products.
