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Since being established in 2007, CPAC has been taking stock of the use of pesticides and developing the tools required for registration. CPAC has just finalized an agro- ecological map of the subregion.

The programme concerning free movement for persons and the right of establishment (programme 29) is intended to make free movement for persons, goods and capital effective by introducing the Community biometric passport. In order to ensure integrated freedom of movement within CEMAC, it is planned to apply free movement for persons in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea progressively as follows:
. the application of the legal instruments on free movement already adopted and introduced;
. (...);
. the creation of centres for police, customs and environmental cooperation between the CEMAC States;
. (...)

 The free movement for persons is effective only in Cameroon, the Congo, the Central African Republic and Chad. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have cited security reasons for restricting it. In 2005, the CEMAC Heads of State adopted an Act guaranteeing free movement within the Community for stays of less than three months.  The Act is immediately applicable in the four countries already practising free movement and progressively applicable in the other two. It recommends the implementation of a road map comprising 13 measures, in particular: the establishment of a committee responsible for overseeing the implementation of the relevant Community provisions; the strengthening of police, customs and environmental cooperation

The CEMAC countries have all ratified the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Community regulations reflecting these commitments were adopted in 2005. In accordance with these regulations, the importation, exportation and re-exportation of these substances, products that contain them and equipment that uses them are subject to the procurement of a licence issued by the Minister responsible for trade of each member State, after consulting the Minister responsible for the environment.

The CEMAC countries have all ratified the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Community regulations reflecting these commitments were adopted in 2005. In accordance with these regulations, the importation, exportation and re-exportation of these substances, products that contain them and equipment that uses them are subject to the procurement of a licence issued by the Minister responsible for trade, after consulting the Minister responsible for the environment of each member State. The substances, products and equipment subject to these regulations are specified in an annex to the regulations.

The CEMAC countries are signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ). Accordingly, the export of these species  is prohibited or subject to authorization.

There are no Community provisions concerning export prohibitions, quantitative restrictions or licensing. The CEMAC countries are all signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered species  of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES ). Accordingly, the export of these species  is prohibited or subject to authorization (see country annexes).

COMIFAC, established in 2005 within the ECCAS framework, is the body responsible for formulating, harmonizing and monitoring forestry and environmental policies in Central Africa. Within this framework several measures have been adopted, in particular, a convergence plan defining the priority measures to be taken with a view to harmonizing national forestry and fiscal policies; a subregional convention on forest control and the repression of illicit activities; and a system for the collecting, processing and sharing of forestry information.

 At ECCAS level, the organization of a Conference of Ministers responsible for the forests of Central Africa in 2000 provided a framework for harmonization initiatives. This followed the "Declaration of Yaoundé", in which the ECCAS Heads of State proclaimed, among other things, their support for the preservation of biodiversity and the sustainable management of tropical forests. These commitments were institutionalized in 2005 in the form of a treaty on the conservation and sustainable management of forest ecosystems and the establishment of the Central African forests Commission (COMIFAC).

COMIFAC is the body responsible for formulating, harmonizing and monitoring forestry and environmental policies in Central Africa. A convergence plan defining the priority measures to be taken with a view to harmonizing national forestry and fiscal policies was adopted in February 2005. In this connection, a subregional convention on forest;  control and the repression of illicit activities and poaching was adopted in October 2008. A system for the gathering, processing and sharing of forestry information has also been set up. The harmonization of the other instruments (institutions, legislation, standards and taxation) should follow.