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1.1. Export and import permits are required for all species listed in the Appendices to CITMA Resolution No. 160/11 - "Regulations for the control and protection of species of special significance for biological diversity in the country" as well as species included in the three appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

1.2 The National Centre for Biological Safety (CNSB), as the regulatory centre of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), is responsible for, inter alia, granting licences for the use, testing, production, release, importation and exportation of, and research into, biological agents and their products, and organisms and parts thereof containing genetic information, in the national territory, and at the various stages of the construction of facilities posing a biological risk. This procedure is in conformity with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.

1.4.1. A licence is required to import substances that have the potential to deplete the ozone layer (otherwise known as ozone-depleting substances or ODS), and products, equipment and technologies that use these substances. The purpose of this requirement is to ensure that emissions and the use of these substances at national level are maintained at the levels and within the ranges that are authorized under international commitments.

1.4.2. Importation into Cuba of the substances listed in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and those regulated by the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, 1998, to which Cuba is party, is subject to an import licensing system which ensures that these substances are used for purposes not prohibited by the CWC or the Rotterdam Convention. Such licences are granted only to properly established legal persons.

2.1. Directorate of Plant Health (DSV) - Requirement to present the licence granted by the National Centre for Biological Safety (CNSB), the Centre for Environmental Management and Inspection, or the Institute of Ecology and Systematics, to the National Centre for Plant Health (CNSV) (Pursuant to Decree Law No. 190/99 on biological safety for exotic plants)

2.2. Institute of Soils (IIS) - The time taken to process an application for a fertilizer before registration in the Central Register varies depending on how complex the fertilizer in question is. The potential dangers that a fertilizer poses to life and the environment are assessed by field tests and trials. The time taken to process an application for a fertilizer before registration in the Central Register varies depending on how complex the fertilizer in question is. The potential dangers that a fertilizer poses to life and the environment are assessed by field tests and trials.

2.3. Directorate of Animal Health (DSA) - Sanitary-veterinary regulations governing the importation of animals, animal products, biological products and materials of any origin which are liable to harm animal health and which arrive in national territory by sea or by air

4.1. Protection Directorate - Import licences are required to show that the security devices used to ensure the safety and protection of goods and people have been examined by means of appropriate procedures and that their quality meets the requirements of both the manufacturer and the body that regulates their use.

The product must be approved by the accredited national entity (ACERPROT) on the basis of compliance with the technical and environmental standards in force in the country.

7.1. National Hydraulic Works Directorate - Outline of the systems:
Agreement No. 3954 on Administrative Control, adopted by the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers on 26 March 2001, confers duties and powers on the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INRH) that include the planning, regulation and control of hydraulic resources and the operation, technical oversight and maintenance of hydraulic works and installations.
Agreement No. 5 of 9 July 2005 of the Drought Task Force encharges the INRH with promulgating regulations prohibiting the importation of water intensive sanitation equipment, fittings and furnishings, in line with worldwide trends and existing legislation.
Resolution No. 28 of 28 February 2006 of the President of the INRH lays down the water consumption standards for water intensive sanitation equipment, fittings and furnishings and the energy efficiency ratings required for electric pumps.

9.1. National Office for the Control of the Rational Use of Electricity (ONURE) - Technical authorization to import electrical end-use equipment. Electrical end-use equipment not imported for marketing purposes must meet the voltage requirements for the installations in which it is to be used. Where the equipment is to be used at exhibitions and fairs or in field trials, the authority in charge will grant technical authorization for three months. Where the equipment is to be marketed, the authority in charge will grant technical authorization for two years, provided that the equipment is registered by the authority responsible and the technical acceptance is valid.