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Notifying Member: PANAMA
If
applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente (Ministry
of the Environment)
Name
and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
Dirección de Verificación del Desempeño
Ambiental, DIVEDA (Environmental Performance
Verification Directorate)
Edificio, Albrook, 804Apartado C-0843 - Balboa,
Ancón - Rep. de Panamá
Panamá, Panama
Tel.: (+507) 500-0837, Ext. 6806 or 6847
Email:
mflores@miambiente.gob.pa; cacosta@miambiente.gob.pa; klanas@miambiente.gob.pa
Website: https://www.miambiente.gob.pa/
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Notified under Article
2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national
tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Single-use plastic products: Plastic ear swabs, plastic laundry
covers, plastic egg cartons, disposable plastic mixers, plastic balloon holders,
plastic toothpicks, plastic drinking straws, plastic cocktail sticks, plastic
candy sticks, plastic candy rings and disposable plastic plates
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Decreto Ejecutivo No. 9 de 6 de mayo de 2022 "Que reglamenta
la Ley 187 de 2 de diciembre de 2020, que regula la reducción y el reemplazo
progresivo de los plásticos de un solo uso"
(Executive Decree No. 9 of 6 May 2022 "regulating Law No. 187 of 2
December 2020, which regulates the reduction and gradual replacement of
single-use plastics") (9 pages, in Spanish)
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Description of content: The general objective of the notified Executive Decree is to
establish criteria to guarantee that single-use plastics are reduced and
gradually replaced by sustainable alternatives that are less harmful to the
environment and human health, in accordance with the time frames and
guidelines established in the law.
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Objective and rationale,
including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Environment
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Relevant documents:
Ley 187 de 2 de diciembre de 2020
"Que regula la reducción y el reemplazo progresivo de los plásticos de
un solo uso"
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Proposed date of
adoption: To be determined
Proposed
date of entry into force: To be determined
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Final date for comments:
60 days from notification
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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or
address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if
available, of other body:
Ministerio de Ambiente
Dirección de Verificación del Desempeño
Ambiental (DIVEDA)
Edificio, Albrook, 804Apartado C-0843 -
Balboa, Ancón - Rep. de Panamá
Panamá, Panama
Tel.: (+507) 500-0837, Ext. 6806 or 6847
Email: mflores@miambiente.gob.pa; cacosta@miambiente.gob.pa; klanas@miambiente.gob.pa
Website: https://www.miambiente.gob.pa/
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