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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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(…) 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. (…)

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, (…)

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).

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, (...)

Mauritania is (…) party to the (…) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ratified in 2004. (…)

A multitude of plans, projects and programmes to develop agricultural and livestock production have been drawn up over the past decade, in particular with Mauritania's development partners, including in connection with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP):
• the National Agricultural Development Plan 2015 2025 was prepared in 2013 together with the FAO with the aim of developing agriculture that is "(...) sustainable (...), by developing highly productive crop farming";
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Gum arabic (of the acacia family) production began in Mauritania in the 15th century, and the country was once a major exporter. However, its importance for the country collapsed following the droughts of 1970 and 1980. Annual production is currently below 500 tonnes. The World Bank is working with the country to promote this crop, which helps to combat desertification thanks to its deep roots that retain water, as well as for its economic value. The Sahel and West Africa Programme (SAWAP), endowed with US$1.1 billion, is jointly implemented by the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support the "Great Green Wall" initiative.

Mauritania has a large livestock population of about 20 million head, reflecting the comparative advantage of its vast territory. (…) the heavy concentration of the herd in grazing areas has hastened deforestation and land degradation, thereby speeding up the country's severe desertification. The survival of livestock farming therefore calls for a radical revision of policy in order to take account of the fight against desertification, (...)

In 2016 the Ministry of Fisheries and the Maritime Economy published a final report on the investment framework for sustainable fisheries development in Mauritania 2015 2020 in order to implement the Government's new national strategy for responsible and sustainable fisheries management. (...)