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Table 3.2 Products subject to special import authorization
Category/List of products Special authorization/ Technical notice Need for approval Legal basis,
Remarks
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2. Regulated substances listed in Annexes A, B, C, D and F to the Montreal Protocol
1. 3. Products or appliances containing or functioning with regulated substances listed in Annexes A, B, C, D and F to the Montreal Protocol ASI (special import authorization) issued by the Ministry responsible for trade following an opinion from the Ozone Office No - Montreal Protocol
- Notice to traders No. 97/ 005/MCIA/SG/DGC of 11 March 1997
Products concerned: air conditioning appliances for motor cars and trucks; refrigeration appliances and air conditioners/heat pumps, for example: refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, water coolers, ice makers, air conditioning devices and heat pumps, compressors; aerosols other than those used for medical purposes; portable fire extinguishers; insulation panels and coating for pipes; prepolymers.

4. Chemical products listed in Annex 3 to the Rotterdam Convention, products listed in the annexes to the Stockholm Convention Favourable opinion on import authorization from the Directorate General of Environmental Conservation No - Rotterdam Convention
- Stockholm Convention
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6. Explosives and by products, cyanide "ASI" from the Ministry responsible for trade, import authorization from the Ministry responsible for mining and licence to operate the mine for mining companies. Opinion of the Ministry responsible for the environment required only for cyanide. No - Rotterdam Convention
- Stockholm Convention
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11. Pesticides Prior authorization of the order (APC) for each order Yes - Law No. 041/96/ADP of 8 November 1996 establishing pesticide control in Burkina Faso
- Law No. 006/2013/AN of 2 April 2013 containing the Environment Code

12. Plastic bags and wrapping Approval certificate issued by the Ministry responsible for the environment
Results of the conformity analysis provided by the Burkina Standardization and Metrology Agency (ABNORM) No - Law No. 017 2014/AN of 20 May 2014 prohibiting the production, import, marketing and distribution of non biodegradable plastic bags and wrapping
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The export of young animals (donors and females) is prohibited. In August 2016, the Government adopted a decree banning the export of donkeys, horses, camels and their products. The export of charcoal has been suspended since 2004. Ivory and gold require a special export authorization (ASE); the Ministry of Tourism has to authorize the export of articles belonging to the cultural heritage. Live wild animal species, together with all hunting trophies, and wildlife products, also require certificates for any form of export and, where applicable, a CITES permit.

(...) Genetically modified organisms and by products must be labelled and bear the indication "Products based on genetically modified organisms" or "Contains genetically modified organisms" (section 4.1).

The agricultural sector employs more than 80% of the economically active population, accounts for about 25% of GDP and is the main source of food and income. An essentially agricultural country of the Sahel, Burkina Faso continues to face the challenge of ensuring the sustainable food and nutritional security of its people. Burkina agriculture is characterized by poor productivity due to a difficult climate, insecurity of tenure, problems with access to inputs, worn out farming equipment and lack of financing. Only 44% of farmers have access to mechanization services; between 2011 and 2015, the proportion of farmers with access to improved seed rose from 15% to 19% and mineral fertilizer consumption per hectare from 40 kg to 50 kg. Moreover, agricultural production is regularly exposed to natural disasters, in particular, locust invasions, floods and droughts. (...)

(...) The Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy (SCADD, section 2.2) identifies the agricultural sector as being strategic for economic development and poverty reduction. (...)

The National Programme for the Rural Sector (PNSR I covered the period 2011 2015) forms the political frame of reference for all interventions on behalf of the rural community. Its aim is to make a sustainable contribution to food and nutritional security, strong economic growth and poverty reduction. The PNSR is made up of 13 sub programmes divided into five groups concerned with improvements in food security and sovereignty, higher rural incomes, the sustainable development of natural resources, improvements in access to drinking water and living conditions, and the development of a partnership between the actors in the rural sector. In May 2017, a PNSR II covering the period 2016 2020 was in process of being drawn up.

Burkina Faso authorized the growing and sale of genetically modified cotton in 2003, but the subsector gave up growing it in 2015 in favour of ordinary cotton; research is in progress in connection with the cultivation of genetically modified cowpea.

The Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources is responsible for the subsector. The National Livestock Sustainable Development Policy (PNDEL) was adopted by the Government in 2010 and covers the period up to 2025. Its aim is to promote competitive and environmentally friendly livestock raising, around which genuine value chains supported by market oriented trade associations can be organized.

The latest revision of the Constitution in 2015 affirmed that "natural resources belong to the people and must therefore be used to improve their living conditions, with due respect for sustainable development". On 26 June 2015, a new Mining Code was adopted with the aim of reviewing the distribution of mining income. The Code governs all operations relating to the exploration and exploitation of mineral deposits, as well to the treatment, transport, processing and marketing of mineral substances with the exclusion of water and liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons. According to the authorities, the new legislation is aimed at reinforcing the measures for the protection of the mining environment, and improving mining's contribution to State revenue and the development of the local communities. The new Code maintains the same rights, incentives and obligations for domestic and foreign enterprises.

It is estimated that over one million people work in small scale mining (as against only 6,000 in industrial mines). In view of the environmental problems created by small scale mining and the proliferation of clandestine sites and to reduce fraud, in November 2015 the Government set up the National Agency for the Supervision of Small Scale and Semi Mechanized Mining (ANEEMAS).