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In order to tackle the many challenges in the energy sector and ensure sustainable socio-economic development, the Government has drawn up a new strategy including: (i) enhancement of electricity generation, transport and distribution capacities; (ii) intensification of rural electrification; (iii) reform of energy sector governance; and (iv) the development of renewable energy resources .

4.69. The Congo has vast potential in hydroelectricity, gas and petroleum. Nonetheless, people's access to energy in many forms (electricity, oil and gas) is very poor. According to the results of the Congolese Household Survey, in urban areas, the most common form of lighting is oil lamps (70.1%) followed by electricity (27%). In rural areas, oil lamps are the principal source of lighting for 97%. Around 70% of poor people use wood fuel for cooking compared to 44.1% of average income households.

4.76. The National Water Supply Company (SNDE) has a monopoly of the means of production and the supply of drinking water, as well as of sanitation and waste water plants.

4.88. The massive investment in modernization in recent years should enable the PAPN to consolidate is role as the subregion's principal transit and transshipment port. (...). According to the authorities, the introduction of a maritime single window (Gumar) and a system to combat customs fraud and the trafficking of hazardous products is under way.

4.103. International texts such as the OHADA Uniform Act on the regulation of contracts for the transportation of goods by road; the Agreement on the carriage of hazardous goods by road (Malabo, 1999); the Inter State Convention on multimodal Freight Transport in Central Africa; and the Inter State Convention on the Transport of General Cargo by Road (model Inter States consignment note for the transport of various cargo) are applied in the Congo.

4.104. The Congo has considerable tourism potential because of its coastline and its eco tourism assets. The Congolese forest covers around 60% of the national territory. It includes protected areas, wildlife reserves, and hunting areas that encompass a range of ecosystems. The Congo is positioning itself as a primary destination for discovering the tropical forest and its iconic species such as the lowland gorilla. The "park" destinations are the attraction, especially Nouabalé Ndoki, Odzala Kokoua, and Konkouati. The tourist industry contributes little to GDP and is dominated by hotels and restaurants (section 1).

4.107. The tourist industry has fallen within the remit of the Ministry of Tourism and the Environment since the Government reshuffle of 25 September 2012.

With regard to environmental protection: (i) protection of the environment and conservation of biodiversity; and (ii) promulgation and dissemination of the law on the environment and management of wetland areas.

Consumer protection and fair trade: consumer health and safety; economic interests of consumers; access to appropriate information; consumption and the environment consumer representation; and competition and government procurement policy.

Finally, with a view to optimizing oil revenues, Gabon has committed to reducing green house gases. The objective is to reduce by 60% the volume of flared gas by the year 2015, while the long-term goal is to achieve a reduction rate of 90%. The volume of non-flared gas will be used for industry purposes, such as generation of electricity, and subsequently for petrochemistry and processing of fertilizer.