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• Ensure that a comprehensive management program for the management of such empty containers is carried out in a way that protects both the population and the environment;
• Improve the effectiveness of the program as a whole, recognizing that there are various types of such programs already in place;
• Streamline the administrative process for registration and authorization of pesticide products, as it presently exists; and
• Establish and define the different stages included in the management of such containers.