Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 18 August 2010
Publication where the measure is specified: Official Gazette nº40 of 04/10/2010
Regulation where the measure is specified: Ministerial Order N°003/11.30 Of 18/08/2010 Setting Forth Conditions Required For Marketing Quality Seeds
Country/Region applying the measure: Rwanda
The rationale of the measure: Not specified in the regulations
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: Art 2: Procedures followed when marketing quality seeds
Commercial seeds should have been subjected to quality control according to standards required for quality seeds.

Article 4: Conditions required for imported seeds
Imported seeds for marketing in Rwanda shall satisfy the standards and regulations governing seeds produced in Rwanda. Where this is not possible, relevant international standards shall apply.
Reference of the measure: Articles 2 and 4
Measure also domestic: No

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 3	Seeds for sowing	No

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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