Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A15: Authorization requirement for importers for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons 

Date when the measure came into force

14 January 2013 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya 

Regulation where the measure is specified

CROPS ACT 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

16. Registration of dealers
(1) Every dealer in a scheduled crop shall register with the Authority.
(2) A person shall not deal in a scheduled crop unless the person is registered
in accordance with this Act.
(3) The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with the relevant county
executive committee member responsible for agriculture, prescribe regulations
providing for the procedure for registration of dealers and the regulations shall also
set out the appeal process in case of refusal or denial of registration.
(4) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and shall on
conviction be liable to imprisonment for term not exceeding three years or to a fine
not exceeding five million shillings or to both. 

Reference of the measure

16. Registration of dealers 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Crops 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.