Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/371 |
G-V§8 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Measures |
Other environmental requirements |
Fisheries |
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The action taken included:
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iii. increased controls and inspections by the Coastguard to protect the exclusive economic zone from the risk of illegal fishing (…)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/371 |
G-V§19 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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5.6 Transport
The infrastructure sector is an important aspect of development. (…) the sector is covered by the strategic pillars set out in SCAPP. The policy implemented by the Government in this area aims to carry out (…) environmental and social needs.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/371 |
G-VI§3 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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6.1. (...) The reforms set out in the SCAPP include most of the recommendations in the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS).
There are three main messages in the DTIS update: (i) Mauritania should build on its recent macroeconomic progress to break away from its current economic model, which is based on unsustainable revenue from the country's national resources, and make a shift towards a strategy for inclusive green growth; (...)
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Green
Natural resources
Sustainable
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/371/REV.1 |
S-II§23 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The recent Association Agreement between Mauritania and the ECOWAS Member States (Section 2.3.2.1) was necessary to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between West Africa and the European Union, Mauritania being one of the 79 ACP countries with which the European Union concluded the Cotonou Agreement, (...) Mauritania is one of the 16 States of the "West Africa" group in the regional EPA negotiations; however, it had not yet signed the EPA by the end of March 2018. A €195 million National Indicative Programme 2014 2020 has been signed between Mauritania and the EU within this framework. Its three main thrusts are food security and sustainable agriculture; (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/371/REV.1 |
S-II§41 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
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Investment measures |
Energy |
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In its Title III, the Investment Code provides for the possibility of concluding establishment agreements for substantial investment in the following areas:
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• generation of renewable – wind and solar – energy (500 million ouguiyas (US$1.4 million), 50 direct jobs, at least 100 indirect jobs;
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/371/REV.1 |
S-III§68 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Measures |
Export tariffs |
Not specified |
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(…) Mauritanian legislation also provides for a fiscal export duty on the following products: 10% on hides, skins and leather of HS Chapter 41; 15% on ferrous waste and scrap. (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/371/REV.1 |
S-III§82 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
Not specified |
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3.81. The initiative for drafting a new standard may come from any operator or international institution. (…)
The standard is made compulsory by order of the Minister responsible for industry, if it concerns health, the environment, (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/371/REV.1 |
S-III§97 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Measures |
General environmental reference |
Agriculture |
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Mauritania has no domestic regulations concerning GMOs. The authorities have indicated that they comply with the directives of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/371/REV.1 |
S-III§114 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
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Public procurement |
Not specified |
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3.107. Mauritania is not a member of the WTO plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement nor is it an observer. In 2010, a new Government Procurement Code was enacted to regulate the system for awarding public contracts. (...)
The simplified consultation procedure involves arranging a competition, with a reduced technical dossier, between a limited number of providers (at least three). (…) The cases of directly negotiated contracts must be limited to situations of (…) exceptional circumstances when responding to natural disasters, (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/371/REV.1 |
S-III§119 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Measures |
Other measures |
Chemicals |
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Mauritania is (…) party to the (…) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ratified in 2004. (…)
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