Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/371/REV.1 |
S-IV§82 |
Mauritania |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Mining |
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Gold production started in 2007. Together with copper, gold mining represents about 2.6% of GDP (2016). The main producer, Tasiast, is wholly owned by a Canada based company, Kinross. It operates gold mines some 300 km north of Nouakchott under a mining agreement with the Mauritanian State. (...) The Tasiast gold mine reportedly presents serious environmental and social dangers, in particular from cyanide pollution, air pollution, (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/250 |
G-III§44-45 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
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Services |
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The Government's ambition for the coming five years is to promote this sector so as to develop its potential for creating jobs and combating poverty, while observing the principles of sustainable development
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/250 |
G-III§51 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
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Services |
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The policy implemented by the Government involves an ambitious modern infrastructure programme that responds to the country's economic development, environmental and social needs
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/250/REV.1 |
S-II§67 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
Measures |
Other measures |
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Aid for trade provided by the World Bank is targeted on the mining sector, and on sustainable development and water supply
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/250/REV.1 |
S-III§61 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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The situation with respect to sanitary and phytosanitary controls is characterized by the presence of several different services without proper coordination, including, inter alia, the Ministry in charge of fisheries, for fishery product quality control via the Fishery Product Promotion Directorate (DPPP); and the Ministry of Rural Development and the Environment (MDRE), for phytosanitary and animal health controls, applied by the Agriculture and Livestock Directorates, respectively
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Environment
Fish
Wildlife
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/250/REV.1 |
S-III§68 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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Mauritania has no regulations concerning GMOs, although the authorities state that they are conforming with the directives of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)
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Government TPR; Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/G/250; WT/TPR/S/250/REV.1 |
G-III§33-35; S-IV§21-26 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
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Fisheries |
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Although the Government has declared sustainability to be a concern since 1998, up until now Mauritania has opted in favour of income from fisheries by selling licences to foreign fleets, thereby contributing towards intensified exploitation of its resources rather than to developing better integrated fishing on a smaller scale, although Mauritania has also undertaken to implement international regulations against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/250/REV.1 |
S-IV§36, 38 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
Sectors |
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Fisheries |
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Since 1987, three successive fisheries agreements have been signed with the EU to support the sustainable development of the sector
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/250/REV.1 |
S-IV§63-64 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
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Energy |
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Mauritania has advantages for the sustainable development of the electricity sector, including reserves of natural gas, wind power potential of 7-9 m/second on average on the coast, and solar energy potential of 3.5-6 kWh/m2/day for eight hours each day
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/250/REV.1 |
S-IV§75 |
Mauritania |
2011 |
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Other |
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Under Law No. 2005-030 containing the Water Resources Code, the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation (MHA) has the task of designing and implementing national water policies and of ensuring the follow-up to all issues related to the building and operation of works for the protection, transport and distribution of drinking water, as well as works for collecting, channelling and treating waste water
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