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Non‑economic prohibitions are those which are imposed for reasons of international policy, public safety or national defence, public morality and health, protection of the artistic and cultural heritage, and conservation of natural resources

In order to fulfil the commitments undertaken when it signed the Montreal Protocol, Argentina established a licensing system for exports of the controlled substances, whether new, used, recycled or regenerated, listed in Annexes A, B, C and E to the Protocol. The Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development is responsible for administering the licensing system for the importation and exportation of ozone layer depleting substances, created in 2004. Exporters of such substances and any mixture that contains them must be listed in the Register of Importers and Exporters of Ozone Depleting Substances (RIESAO) and require a prior exportation authorization issued by the Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development.

The OAA, a non‑profit private entity created by Decree No. 1.474/94, is the only body that can accredit organizations engaged in testing and certifying regulated products, such as testing laboratories, calibration laboratories, clinical laboratories, management system certification bodies (quality, environmental, health and occupational safety), product certification bodies, personnel certification bodies and inspection agencies.

In addition, there are prior certification requirements for exports of certain products to ensure the application of the necessary sanitary and quality controls or guarantee the fulfilment of international commitments relating to security (for example, arms and nuclear material) or wildlife conservation

Products requiring a quality standards certificate for export: Flora and fauna

Where agricultural biotechnology is concerned, between 2006 and 2011 Argentina authorized the marketing of 12 biotech soya and maize crops. These crops have a better yield and/or reduce production costs, as the case may be, and ultimately all contribute to a more competitive range of Argentine agricultural products for export, a range within which products derived from soya and maize predominate.

Moreover, the use of these crops is helping to make production more sustainable since, compared with conventional crops, there is a reduced need for pesticides and preference is given to management models that better preserve soil; resources .

Within this public policy framework the Strategic Agri-Food and Agro-Industrial Plan for 2010-2020 (PEA) was launched. This plan is aimed at achieving sustainable growth in agri-food and agro-industrial production for the purpose of generating greater wealth with value-added at origin and benefits for the entire population in the form of development, social justice, regional equity, land tenure, and food and nutritional security.

The MAGyP is the body responsible for drawing up and implementing forestry plans, programmes and policies, for coordinating and reconciling the interests of the National Government, the provinces and the various subsectors. The Secretariat for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (SAGyP), which is part of the MAGyP, assists with the implementation of plans, programmes and policies for the forestry subsector, in coordination with provincial governments. The objective of the National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA) is to contribute towards the competitiveness of forestry and industrial forestry throughout Argentina. SENASA and the National Seed Institute (INASE), which also come under the MAGyP, have responsibility for forest; health and control and inspection of seeds in forest; nurseries.

The forestry Production Directorate, attached to the National Directorate of Agricultural and forestry Production in SAGyP's Undersecretariat for Agriculture, assists in formulating and carrying out the responsibilities defined, administers Law No. 25.080 on Investment in Cultivated Woodland and its current extension, Law No. 26.432 (see below) It also monitors compliance from the technical, legal and accounting standpoint. The forestry Production Directorate helps to coordinate the project for sustainable management of natural resources implemented by the MAGyP, together with the Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development (SAyDS) and the sustainable forest; plantations component of the National Parks Administration, with a loan from the World Bank.