Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A12: Geographical restrictions on eligibility 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 1959 

Publication where the measure is specified

Plant Pests and Diseases Act. 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Plant Pests and Diseases (Importation) Regulations. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health and C: Protection of life and health of plants 

Description of the measure

15. (1) Subject to the imposition of conditions in terms of section thirty of the Act, the conditions governing the importation from a country other than South Africa of a plant listed in the first column of the Seventh Schedule shall be the conditions specified opposite thereto in the second column of the Schedule.
Conditions for import of plants listed in Seventh Schedule 

Reference of the measure

SECTION 31 : Regulation 15(1) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Plants 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries except South Africa