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3.17. A levy on imported and domestically produced goods is applied to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment. [37] (...)
[37] Environmental Protection Levy Act 2002.

3.18. (...) Imports of goods containing ozone depleting substances (refrigerators, motor vehicles, air conditioning units, and other goods) and of vehicles using freon in their air conditioning system are prohibited. Schedule 3 of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act of 2008 lists 28 prohibited products, including pesticides and chemicals. Since 2015, Antigua and Barbuda bans imports of polyethylene or petroleum-based single use bags for carrying items. [40] (...)
[40] Materials not used at the point of sale used for wrapping or packaging of food products, used as seedling tubes, or used in waste storage and disposal are not subject to the prohibition (External Trade (Import Prohibition) Order 2016).

3.20. (...) Importation of controlled pesticides and chemicals [42] is restricted and requires a licence from the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board.
[42] Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act 2008, Schedule 2.

3.22. (...) Non-automatic licensing is applied on products subject to tariffication under Article 164 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (aerated beverages, beer, stout, ale, porter, pasta, candles, solar water heaters, oxygen in cylinder, carbon dioxide in cylinder, acetylene in cylinder, chairs and other seats of wood and upholstered fabric, other furniture of wood and upholstered fabric, mops); imports of animals, poultry, livestock, and poultry products; plants and plant products; pesticides; drugs and antibiotics; firearms, fireworks, arms and ammunition; and chemicals controlled by the Montreal Protocol.

3.30. Under the Customs (Control and Management) Act 2013, exports of firearms having a disguised appearance, utensils used for smoking or for the preparation for use of any illegal drug, and exports prohibited by any other law of Antigua and Barbuda are prohibited. In addition, the export of wild birds or of any live or dead wildlife or parts thereof is prohibited in accordance with the CITES.

3.41. (...) A licence is needed to operate in an FTPZ[Free Trade and Processing Zone] and licences are granted only to corporations, regardless of where they are incorporated, or a branch or unit of such corporation. The level of investment, the project's capacity to generate employment, the generation of foreign exchange, the technological adaptability and transfer possibilities, and the environmental impact are considered before granting licences. (...)

3.51. (...) On the recommendation of the ABBS[the Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards], standards may be declared by Order of the Minister to become a technical regulation with the intention to (i) protect the consumer or user against danger to health and safety; (ii) prevent fraud or deception arising from misleading advertising or labelling; (iii) ensure acceptable quality in goods produced for export; (iv) require adequate information to be given to the consumer or user; (v) ensure quality in a case where the choice of sources of supply is restricted; (vi) protect the environment; or (vii) generally protect public or industrial health, welfare, or safety. (...)

3.68. As a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Antigua and Barbuda does not permit the importation or sale of living modified organisms (LMOs). Imports are allowed if an approval, based on a risk assessment, from the competent national authority was obtained.

3.71. The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act 2008 contains the main provisions on the registration, import, sale, transport, disposal, control, and inspection of pesticides. The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board, which functions under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs, is also responsible for, inter alia, considering applications for registration; granting or revoking licences; approving research permits; and certifying pest control operators. Pesticides must be registered; their registration requirements depend on the toxicity level of its active ingredients. Registration costs are XCD 500, and approved registration is valid for three years.

4.1. The agriculture and fisheries sector (...) is vulnerable to natural disasters such as hurricanes.