Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P69: Export technical measures, n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

01 July 1991 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 150 of 1991 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Medicines and Allied Substances Control (General) Regulations, 1991 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

The rationale of the measure

Not specified in the regulations 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

100B. (1) No person shall export a substance listed in Table I of the Sixteenth Schedule without obtaining an export licence granted by the Authority.
(2) Any person who wishes to export a substance listed in Table I of the Sixteenth Schedule shall submit an application to the Director-General in Form M.C. 11A and such application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
(3) An Export Licence referred to in subsection (1) shall state—
(a) the names and addresses of the exporter and importer;
(b) the name and address of the consignee, if any;
(c) the name of the substance in Table I of the Sixteenth Schedule;
(d) the quantity to be exported;
(e) the expected point of entry in the importing country;
(f) the expected date of dispatch;
(g) any other details as may be required by the importing country.
(4) Where the Authority grants the issue of an export licence the Director-General shall send a copy of such licence to the competent authority of the importing country prior to the intended exportation.
(5) An Export Licence granted in terms of this section shall be in Form M.C. 30.

101C. Any person who imports or exports a substance set out in Table I of the Sixteenth Schedule shall, before the 31st March in each year, submit a return to the Authority stating the amounts so imported or exported from January to December in the previous year. 

Reference of the measure

Art 100B (3) and 101C 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

N-Acetylanthranilic acid(2)
Ephedrine
Ergometrine
Ergotamine
Isosafrole (2)
Lysergic Acid
3,4 Methylenediooxyphenyl-2-propanone (2)
1-Phenyl-2-propanone
Piperonal (2)
Pseudoephedrine
Safrole (2) 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries