Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

23 November 1990 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya,Export Processing Zones CAP. 517 [Rev. 2012] 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Export processing Zone Act 1990 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health, E: Protection of the environment and G: Protection of national security 

Description of the measure

23. Establishment of export processing zone enterprises
(1) No export processing zone enterprise shall be established, and the benefits described in Part VIII shall not accrue to any enterprise, unless the export processing zone enterprise holds a valid licence issued by the Authority.
(2) The licence shall be granted by the Authority if the application is found to meet the objectives of this Act and if the proposed business enterprise—
(a)is incorporated in Kenya, whether or not it is one hundred percent foreign owned, for the sole purpose of producing goods or services for export within an export processing zone;
(b) proposes to engage in any activity or activities eligible to be undertaken by an export processing zone enterprise in the export processing zone;
(c) shall not have a deleterious impact on the environment, or engage in unlawful activities, impinging on national security or may prove to be a health hazard; and
(d) conducts business in accordance with the laws for the time being in force save for any exemptions that may from time to time be granted. 

Reference of the measure

Part VI para 23 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Exports from export processing Zones 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Exports from export processing Zones