Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P14: Product quality, safety, or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

28 October 1968 

Publication where the measure is specified

Control of Goods Act 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Control of Goods Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Malawi 

The rationale of the measure

No specific objective stated 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

"4 Registration
(1) Any person wishing to be registered as an importer or an exporter under this Act shall make application in writing addressed to the Minister, and shall supply such additional information as the Minister may require.
(2) The Minister may, at his discretion, register the applicant as an importer or exporter, as the case may be, and if he does so register the applicant shall issue him with a certificate of registration in the prescribed form.
(3) The production of a certificate of registration as an importer or exporter, as the case may be, issued under subsection (2) shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein is so registered." 

Reference of the measure

Paragraph 4 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

All products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

entire world