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A: Protection of human life and health and B: Protection of life and health of animals
Description of the measure
5. (1) Application for the registration of any seed importer or any seed cleaner shall be made to the Certifying Authority in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by the prescribed registration fee.
2) As soon as practicable after the receipt of such application the Certifying Authority shall-
(a) if he is satisfied that the applicant complies with the prescribed requirements, enter the name and address and principal business address of the applicant in the appropriate register as a registered seed importer, or registered seed cleaner, as the case may be.
(5) The refusal of an application under this section for the registration of a seed importer or seed cleaner shall not prevent the making under this section of a fresh application for the registration of the same person as such seed importer or seed cleaner at any subsequent time.
6. (1) Where an application is made under this Act for registration as a registered seed importer of registered seed cleaner, as the case may be, and the business sought to be registered is a partnership firm, the partners shall nominate one member of the firm, who shall, upon the application being granted by the Certifying Authority, be registered as registered seed importer or registered seed cleaner, as the case may be, in respect of the said partnership business.
8. (1) Upon the registration of any seed importer or any seed cleaner under this Act, the Certifying Authority shall issue a certificate of registration of a seed importer, or a certificate of registration of a seed cleaner, as the case may be, in the form prescribed, and shall furnish such certificate to the person registered under such registration, or his agent.
(2) The registered seed importer or registered seed cleaner, as the case may be,shall cause the said certificate to be displayed in a prominent place within his principal place of business in Zambia and shall keep the same so displayed during the continuance of such registration.
First Schedule (Section 16) : Fees Payable On First Registration As Registered Seed Importer Or Registered Seed Cleaner And On Renewal Thereof
Reference of the measure
PART II; Section 5 (1); 2(a); 5
Section 6 (1); Section 8(1) and (2)
First Schedule (Section 16)
A: Protection of human life and health, E: Protection of the environment and G: Protection of national security
Description of the measure
(2) The Minister may, for health, environmental or public security reasons and by order published in the Gazette, prohibit any goods from being taken into an export processing zone
8. Where the fish is meant for processing and re-export to the European
Union the health certificate shall be in accordance with the format and acceptable tot the competent authority
Applied by Malawi for 0601.10.00: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, 0601.20.00: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, in growth orin flower; chicory plants, 0602.10.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Unrooted cuttings and slips, 0602.20.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted ornot, of kinds which bear edible fruitor nuts, 0602.30.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Rhododendrons and azaleas, graftedor not, 0602.40.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Roses, grafted or not, 0602.90.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Other, 0603.11.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Roses, 0603.12.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Carnations, 0603.13.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Orchids, 0603.14.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Chrysanthemums, 0603.15.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Lilies (Lilium spp.), 0603.19.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Other, 0603.90.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Other, 0604.20.00: Foliage, branches and other partsof plants, without flowers orflower buds, and grasses, mossesand lichens, being goods of a kindsuitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fres and 0604.90.00: Foliage, branches and other partsof plants, without flowers orflower buds, and grasses, mossesand lichens, being goods of a kindsuitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Othe
10. (1) No person shall import – (c) any plant or part of a plant specified in the First Schedule hereto;
Reference of the measure
Sub-article 10(1)(c)
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0601.10.00
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant
No
0601.20.00
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, in growth orin flower; chicory plants
No
0602.10.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Unrooted cuttings and slips
No
0602.20.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted ornot, of kinds which bear edible fruitor nuts
No
0602.30.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Rhododendrons and azaleas, graftedor not
No
0602.40.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Roses, grafted or not
No
0602.90.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Other
No
0603.11.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Roses
No
0603.12.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Carnations
No
0603.13.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Orchids
No
0603.14.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Chrysanthemums
No
0603.15.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Lilies (Lilium spp.)
No
0603.19.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Other
No
0603.90.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Other
No
0604.20.00
Foliage, branches and other partsof plants, without flowers orflower buds, and grasses, mossesand lichens, being goods of a kindsuitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fres
No
0604.90.00
Foliage, branches and other partsof plants, without flowers orflower buds, and grasses, mossesand lichens, being goods of a kindsuitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Othe
No
Description
1. Acacia species, vegetative material from countries outside Africa.
2. Banana from countries other than eastern Africa, Mozambique, Rhodesia, South Africa and Zambia.
3. Beans, Phaseolus species, vegetative materials from all countries and seeds from Australia, eastern Europe, Mexico and the United States of America.
4. Capsicum species, all parts except seed.
5. Cereals, small, such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat, all parts except seed.
6. Chestnut, and all other species of Castanea, all parts except seed, from countries other than eastern and southern Africa.
7. Crysanthemum, all parts except seed.
8. Citrus, rooted vegetative material from all countries except Rhodesia and Zambia.
9. Clover (Trifolium species), including shamrock, all parts except seed and ornamental foliage.
10. Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), all parts.
11. Coconut, all parts except seed.
12. Coffee, all parts except seed.
13. Conifers, all parts except seed.
14. Cotton, all parts except seed, seed-cotton, lint and seed-bran.
15. Dahlia, vegetative material from South Africa.
16. Elm, and all other species of Ulmus and Zelkova, all parts.
17. Eucalyptus species, vegetative material, from countries outside Africa.
18. Grape vine, and all other species of Vitaceae, all parts, except seed, from countries other than eastern and southern Africa.
19. Hibiscus, and all other species of Malvaceae, all parts except seed.
20. Lucerne, all parts except seed.
21. Maize, all parts except seed.
22. Oak (Quercus species), vegetative material, from countries other than southern Africa.
23. Opuntia species, including spineless cactus, all parts.
24. Palms from all American countries.
25. Pea (Pisum, Dolichos, Lathyrus and Vicia species), all parts except seed.
26. Peach, including nectarine, stones and seed from countries other than Rhodesia and South Africa.
27. Plane (Platanus species), all parts except seed.
28. Potato, seed tubers, from all countries except Australia, the United Kingdom and Southern Africa.
29. Rice, all parts except grain for food.
30. Rose, and all other species of Rosaceae, from Asia or the Pacific Islands.
31. Rubber (Hevea species) from South and Central America.
32. Soya bean, all parts except seed; and seeds from Australia, eastern Europe, Mexico and the United Sates of America.
33. Sunflower (Helianthus species) including Jerusalem artichoke, all parts except seed.
34. Sweet potato, all parts, except tubers for consumption from eastern and southern Africa.
35. Tea, all parts, from countries other than eastern Africa and Rhodesia.
36. Tobacco, all parts except trade samples and seed, and cured tobacco from eastern and southern Africa.
37. Tomato, all parts, except fruit from eastern Africa, Mozambique, Rhodesia and Zambia, and seeds.
38. Forest trees, all parts except seed.
Applied by Malawi for 0601.10.00: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, 0601.20.00: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, in growth orin flower; chicory plants, 0602.20.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted ornot, of kinds which bear edible fruitor nuts, 0602.30.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Rhododendrons and azaleas, graftedor not, 0602.40.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Roses, grafted or not, 0602.90.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Other, 0603.11.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Roses, 0603.12.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Carnations, 0603.13.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Orchids, 0603.14.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Chrysanthemums, 0603.15.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Lilies (Lilium spp.), 0603.19.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Other, 0603.90.00: Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Other, 1211.20.00: Plants and parts of plants(including seeds and fruits), of akind used primarily in perfumery,in pharmacy or for insecticidal,fungicidal or similar purposes, freshor dried, whether or not cut, crushedor powdered: Ginseng roots, 1212.21.00: Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu, 1212.29.00: Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu, 1212.91.00: Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu, 1212.92.00: Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu, 1212.93.00: Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu, 1212.94.00: Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu and 1212.99.00: Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu
10. (1) No person shall import – (f) vegetative material of any plant species or cultivar from any country outside eastern and southern Africa;
Reference of the measure
Sub-article 10(1)(f)
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0601.10.00
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant
No
0601.20.00
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, in growth orin flower; chicory plants
No
0602.20.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted ornot, of kinds which bear edible fruitor nuts
No
0602.30.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Rhododendrons and azaleas, graftedor not
No
0602.40.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Roses, grafted or not
No
0602.90.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Other
No
0603.11.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Roses
No
0603.12.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Carnations
No
0603.13.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Orchids
No
0603.14.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Chrysanthemums
No
0603.15.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Lilies (Lilium spp.)
No
0603.19.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Other
No
0603.90.00
Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Other
No
1211.20.00
Plants and parts of plants(including seeds and fruits), of akind used primarily in perfumery,in pharmacy or for insecticidal,fungicidal or similar purposes, freshor dried, whether or not cut, crushedor powdered: Ginseng roots
No
1212.21.00
Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu
No
1212.29.00
Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu
No
1212.91.00
Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu
No
1212.92.00
Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu
No
1212.93.00
Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu
No
1212.94.00
Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu
No
1212.99.00
Locust beans, seaweeds and otheralgae, sugar beet and sugar cane,fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,whether or not ground; fruit stonesand kernels and other vegetableproducts (including unroastedchicory roots of the varietyCichorium intybus sativu
No
Description
Vegetative material of any plant species or cultivar
Applied by Malawi on the entire world for 0601.10.00: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, 0601.20.00: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, in growth orin flower; chicory plants, 0602.10.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Unrooted cuttings and slips, 0602.20.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted ornot, of kinds which bear edible fruitor nuts, 0602.30.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Rhododendrons and azaleas, graftedor not, 0602.40.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Roses, grafted or not and 0602.90.00: Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Other
10. (1) No person shall import –
a) any plant packed in soil which is not the product of a nursery approved by the Permanent Secretary and bears a label certifying such origin;
Reference of the measure
10(1) (a)
Measure also domestic
No
Notes
Only the year in which the measure came into effect is known as the date is not given in the document
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0601.10.00
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant
No
0601.20.00
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, in growth orin flower; chicory plants
No
0602.10.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Unrooted cuttings and slips
No
0602.20.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted ornot, of kinds which bear edible fruitor nuts
No
0602.30.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Rhododendrons and azaleas, graftedor not
No
0602.40.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Roses, grafted or not
No
0602.90.00
Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Other
ARTICLE 36 (Prohibited products)
1. Products from poisonous fish species, in particular the families Tetraodontidae, Molidae, Diodontidae and Canthigasteridae, may not be placed on the market.
2. The competent authority may, on grounds, propose the prohibition of other species which may be considered to be harmful or poisonous.
a) Protect public health
b) Protect the domestic and export animal markets, animal products and others who may be affected directly or indirectly by animal diseases
c) Act as a framework to carry out epidemiological surveillance, eradication and control of major diseases which can impact the economy and public health
d) Form the basis for compensation for losses caused by animal disease
e) Form the basis for compliance with the animal welfare conditions
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health and B: Protection of life and health of animals
Description of the measure
It is prohibited
Import, processing and marketing of meat and viscera of animal that have waste hormones or antibiotics or any other substance that may endanger public health
The main objectives of this regulation are:
(A) Prevent the introduction and spread/dissemination of harmful organisms, especially articles of quarantine;
(B) Control pests throughout the country, in order to avoid its dissemination, and in this case to achieve its eradication;
(C) Ensure the inspection and certification of plant products for import and export.
Coded list of objectives
C: Protection of life and health of plants
Description of the measure
The entry into the country of soils as well as products subject to control with soil is prohibited, except for cases for investigation, and the material must be destroyed, under the supervision of the ANF, after the studies.
Applied by Rwanda on the entire world for 3825: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter.
This organic law determines the modalities of protecting, conserving and promoting the environment in Rwanda:
This Organic law aims at:
1° conserving the environment, people and their habitats;
2° setting up fundamental principles related to protection of environment, any means that may degrade the environment with the intention of promoting the natural resources, to discourage any hazardous and destructive means;
3° promoting the social welfare of the population considering equal distribution of the existing wealth;
4°considering the durability of the resources with an emphasis especially on equal rights on present and future
generations;
5° guarantee to all Rwandans sustainable development which does not harm the environment and the social welfare of the population;
6° setting up strategies of protecting and reducing negative effects on the environment and replacing the degraded environment.
Coded list of objectives
E: Protection of the environment
Description of the measure
It is prohibited:
2° to import waste in the country;
Reference of the measure
Art 90 (2)
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
PG: 42
Hazardous wastes
No
PG: 43
Nuclear wastes
No
3825
Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter.
88. No person shall himself or by any other person on his behalf -
(a) sell, supply or distribute cosmetics that contain poisonous or harmful substances that might injure users under normal conditions;
(b) manufacture or hold cosmetics under in sanitary conditions, using non-permitted colours, or including any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance;
(c) sell, or stock or exhibit or offer for sale or distribute any cosmetic which has been imported or manufactured in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act
A: Protection of human life and health and C: Protection of life and health of plants
Description of the measure
11. - (I) Any person who:
(d) produces, possesses, sells, purchases, transports ,imports into Mainland Tanzania, exports,·use or does any act or omits to do anything in respect of prohibited plants which act or omission amounting to contravention of the provisions of this Act, commits an offence and upon conviction shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty years
Applied by Tanzania on the entire world for 0401: Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter., 0402: Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. and 0403: Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
11.(1) Milk obtained from a cow within 15 days before and 5 days after calving shall not be sold or delivered for human consumption.
(2) Milk shall be free from colouring matter, preservative or anything foreign to natural milk and shall contain not less than 3.25 per cent of milk fat and not less than 8 percent of solids other than fat.
12.(1) Milk obtained from a cow within 72 hours after the cow has been treated with an antibiotic for any purpose, shall not be sold or delivered for human consumption.
(2) Milk obtained from a cow which has been treated in any quarter of the udder with 500,000 or more units, or 500 or more milligrams of any antibiotic shall not be sold or delivered for human consumption within 120 hours of such treatment.
22. No person shall sell adulterated, misbranded or improperly graded or prepared milk, or milk products which do not conform to the applicable definition or definitions contained in these regulations.
Adulterated milk
23. Milk or Milk products shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of these regulations if it falls below the standards fixed by, or otherwise does not conform to, the provisions of these regulations.
Misbranding of milk or milk products
24. Milk or milk products shall be deemed to be misbranded if there is attached to it when kept or offered for use for human consumption, or sold or offered for sale, a label or mark containing any untrue or misleading name, device, or statement, or it is not labeled or marked in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
Reference of the measure
Part III para 11 (1), para 12, 22-24
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0401
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
No
0402
Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
No
0403
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
A: Protection of human life and health, B: Protection of life and health of animals, C: Protection of life and health of plants and E: Protection of the environment
Description of the measure
27.-(1) Plant protection substances and plant resistance improvers shall be used only in accordance with good professional practice.
(2)The Minister shall issue or cause to be issued a Code of Conduct for the proper use of plant protection substance, plant resistance improvers and equipment, which shall include, but not limited to, the following-
(a) measures to minimise or discourage the use of plant protection substances, plant resistance improvers and equipment, and other measures which do not attach priority to biological, biotechnological, plant breeding, cultivation and cropping measures,
(b) discouraging or prohibiting the use of plant protection substances, plant resistance improvers and equipment in cases where it is expected that their use will have harmful effects on health of man, animals, ground water or the natural environment;
(c) compulsory requirements to the users of plant protection substances, plant resistance improvers and equipment to observes directions for use;
(d) requirements to any person who applies plant protection substance, plant resistance improvers and equipment within the framework of this Act or instructs or supervises persons who apply the plant protection substances, plant resistance improver and equipment, to have necessary degree of reliability and possess necessary specialist knowledge and skills and to ensure that, the use of plant protection substances and equipment does not result in any avoidable harmful effects on the health of man, animals and the natural environment;
(e) requirements to a person using plant protection substance or plant resistance improvers to furnish proof that he possesses such specialist knowledge and skills for use of the plant protection substance as he is required;
(f) Prohibition. of the marketing of the plant protection substances or plant resistance improvers in retails trade by means of vending machines or other forms of self service;
(g) prohibition of retail selling of plant protection substances, plant resistance improvers and equipment, wholly or in part, if certain facts justify the assumption that the trader or person selling plant protection substances and equipment for him does not possess specialist knowledge necessary for properly informing the purchaser about the use of the plant protection substances, plant resistance improvers and equipment and the risk involved;
(h) requirements to traders or persons selling the plant protection substances, plant resistance improvers and equipment on their behalf to furnish proof that they possess the necessary specialist knowledge;
(i) prohibition of all kinds of handling of plant protection substances, plant resistance improver and equipment by minors, people of unsound mind and people in any other proven state or condition, who when handling plant protection substances, plant resistance improver and equipment, may be predisposed to harmful effects;
(j) Provisions for punitive measures, including the cancellation of registration, to any person who contravenes the Code of Conduct
64 (2) Any timber or forest produce imported into the country in contravention of any order made under subsection (1) shall be forfeited to the Government.
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