Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A14: Authorization requirement for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 08 September 1993
Publication where the measure is specified: NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT
Regulation where the measure is specified: Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
Country/Region applying the measure: Zambia
Coded list of objectives: A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure: 7. Any person who, without lawful authority, imports or exports any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance listed in the Second Schedule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years.
Reference of the measure: PART III : SECTION 7
SECOND Schedule: Section 2, Part I and Part II
Measure also domestic: No

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