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3.4 Hazardous chemicals: Permits for free movement of hazardous chemicals and adding biocide into a temporary list of biocides are issued in accordance with the Law on chemicals and the Law on biocidal products.

1 Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change: Mauritius has successfully implemented its Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) Phase out Management Plan since 2005 and importation of CFCs have been completely banned. Presently, a Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) Phase out Management Plan (HPMP) has been developed/approved in 2011 and importation of HCFC refrigerants is being controlled. A quota system based on a baseline figure (the average amount of HCFC refrigerants imported in 2009 and 2010), has been set up/implemented, since 2013. In 2015, as required under the Montreal Protocol and as provided in the HPMP, a 10% reduction was applied to the baseline import and a quota system worked out accordingly (2019).

2 Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection (Commerce Division) - Motor vehicles and motorcycles: Import permit system is regulated by the Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations 2017 establishing the list of goods subject to import control (...) - For products subject to import control, it is related to second hand motor vehicles (...) (2019).

3.2 National Parks and Conservation Service (NPCS): Mauritius together with Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands has been designated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a biodiversity hotspot. The majority of endemic Mauritian flora and fauna are considered threatened and with some 60 species of native plants believed to be already extinct (2019).

3.4 National Plants and Protection Office (NPPO): The National Plant Protection Office (NPPO) of the Ministry of Agro Industry is a regulatory government plant protection body, mandated to protect the agricultural economy and biodiversity of Mauritius, from introduction of destructive exotic pests and diseases, through the Plant Protection Act (PPA), 2006 (2019).

1 Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change: Mauritius has successfully implemented its Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) Phase out Management Plan since 2005 and importation of CFCs have been completely banned. Presently, a Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) Phase out Management Plan (HPMP) has been developed/approved in 2011 and importation of HCFC refrigerants is being controlled. A quota system based on a baseline figure (the average amount of HCFC refrigerants imported in 2009 and 2010), has been set up/implemented, since 2013. In 2015, as required under the Montreal Protocol and as provided in the HPMP, a 10% reduction was applied to the baseline import and a quota system worked out accordingly (2020).

2 Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection (Commerce Division) - Motor vehicles and motorcycles: Import permit system is regulated by the Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations 2017 establishing the list of goods subject to import control (...) - For products subject to import control, it is related to second hand motor vehicles (...) (2020).

3.2 National Parks and Conservation Service (NPCS): Mauritius together with Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands has been designated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a biodiversity hotspot. The majority of endemic Mauritian flora and fauna are considered threatened and with some 60 species of native plants believed to be already extinct (2020).

3.4 National Plants and Protection Office (NPPO): The National Plant Protection Office (NPPO) of the Ministry of Agro Industry is a regulatory government plant protection body, mandated to protect the agricultural economy and biodiversity of Mauritius, from introduction of destructive exotic pests and diseases, through the Plant Protection Act (PPA), 2006 (2020).

1 Products Subject to Import licensing requirement under the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2017 - (Ministry of international trade and industry)