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Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008
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ANNEX VIIIU.K. Conventions referred to in Article 9
PART AU.K. Core human and labour rights UN/ILO Conventions
1.Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)U.K.
2.International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)U.K.
3.International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)U.K.
4.International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (1966)U.K.
5.Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979)U.K.
6.Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984)U.K.
7.Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)U.K.
8.Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, No 29 (1930)U.K.
9.Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, No 87 (1948)U.K.
10.Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively, No 98 (1949)U.K.
11.Convention concerning Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, No 100 (1951)U.K.
12.Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, No 105 (1957)U.K.
13.Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation, No 111 (1958)U.K.
14.Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, No 138 (1973)U.K.
15.Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, No 182 (1999)U.K.
PART BU.K. Conventions related to the environment and to governance principles
16.Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1973)U.K.
17.Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987)U.K.
18.Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989)U.K.
19.Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)U.K.
20.The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)U.K.
21.Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000)U.K.
22.Stockholm Convention on persistent Organic Pollutants (2001)U.K.
23.Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1998)U.K.
24.United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961)U.K.
25.United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971)U.K.
26.United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988)U.K.
27.United Nations Convention against Corruption (2004)U.K.
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