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

01 December 1968 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Plant Variety and Seeds Act. (As amended by Act No. 21 of 1995) 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Plant Variety and Seeds Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

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) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Seeds 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.