Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A14: Authorization requirement for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

04 July 1997 

Publication where the measure is specified

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA Acts Supplement to the Gazette ISSN 0856-0331X 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Plant protection ACt No 13 of 1997 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

C: Protection of life and health of plants and E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

8.-(1) No plant or plant products, harmful organism, beneficial organism, or soil, may be imported into Tanzania, except- control
(a) to the extent, if any, the importation is provided for by this Act; and
(b) in accordance with terms and conditions of a prescribed permit issued under this Act; and
(c) through a point of entry declared under section 14 of this Act.
(2)Any plant or plant product, harmful organism, beneficial organism, or soil imported into Tanzania, shall be clearly identified, declared to an inspector and be made available for an inspection or any subsequent action provided by this Act.
(3)Unless exempted under sub-section (6), no plant (including the living culture of any fungus, bacterium, or any other micro-organisms), plant products, beneficial organisms or any other material or substance provided under this Act may be imported into Tanzania without a prescribed permit..
(4)Unless exempted under sub-section (6), no plant or plant products may be imported into Tanzania without an international phytosanitary certificate stating that it is free from any harmful organisms, and that it complies with the quarantine requirements of Tanzania.
(5) Except as provided for in sub-section (6), no harmful organism, soil, weed or prescribed plant of plant products may be imported into Tanzania.
(6) The Minister may. from time to time, by notice published in the Gazette, exempt from the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section any specified plant or plant products of kind of plant or plant product, provided that he is satisfied that its importation would not present significant threat to the agriculture or natural
environment of Tanzania.
(7) A person who holds a prescribed permit which is issued under this section, shall only be authorized to import the item or items and upon conditions and period, stated in the prescribed permit.
(8) Any plant or plant products, culture or beneficial organism imported under a prescribed permit issued under this section shall be held, grown and maintained in strict compliance with the conditions stated in the prescribed permit, and shall be made available to the inspector for inspection by that inspector, at all reasonable
times and upon request by that inspector.
9.-(1)Notwithstanding any provision in this Act, but subject to subsections (2) and (3), of this section, the Minister may, for the purposes of essential scientific research or experiment, permit the importation into Tanzania, of anything not otherwise eligible for importation under this Act.
(2) The Minister shall not permit anything to be imported under sub-section (1) above unless he is satisfied that its importation will not present significant threat to the agriculture or natural environment of Tanzania.
(3) An importation under this section shall be permitted subject to such safeguards and other terms and conditions as the Minister thinks fit.
10.-(1)Any conveyance and its contents shall, immediately upon its arrival in Tanzania, be made available for inspection, examination and treatment in accordance with this Act, and no person shall enter the conveyance or remove anything from it without the approval of an inspector and until such inspection, examination and treatment has been completed.
(2) Any plant or plant products or other things the subject of this Act arriving in Tanzania in or on a conveyance but not being Imported in Tanzania shall, be brought to the attention of an inspector, be made available for inspection and shall he confined or otherwise dealt with as the inspector directs until the conveyance is outside the jurisdiction of Tanzania. 

Reference of the measure

Part II section 8 (a), (b) (3) (7) & (8) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

imports of plant and plant products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.