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6.1. (...) The reforms set out in the SCAPP include most of the recommendations in the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS).
There are three main messages in the DTIS update: (i) Mauritania should build on its recent macroeconomic progress to break away from its current economic model, which is based on unsustainable revenue from the country's national resources, and make a shift towards a strategy for inclusive green growth; (...)

The recent Association Agreement between Mauritania and the ECOWAS Member States (Section 2.3.2.1) was necessary to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between West Africa and the European Union, Mauritania being one of the 79 ACP countries with which the European Union concluded the Cotonou Agreement, (...) Mauritania is one of the 16 States of the "West Africa" group in the regional EPA negotiations; however, it had not yet signed the EPA by the end of March 2018. A €195 million National Indicative Programme 2014 2020 has been signed between Mauritania and the EU within this framework. Its three main thrusts are food security and sustainable agriculture; (...)

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.