Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 
Date when the measure came into force
01 August 2012 
Publication where the measure is specified
Official Gazette nº 37 of 10 September 2012 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Law N° 30/2012 Of 01/08/23012 On Governing Of Agrochemicals 
Country/Region applying the measure
Rwanda 
The rationale of the measure
This Law governs the manufacturing, importing, distribution, use, storage, sale and disposal and burial of agrochemicals for the protection of human and animal health and the environment, to avoid injury and contamination which may result from their use. 
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health, B: Protection of life and health of animals and E: Protection of the environment 
Description of the measure
Article 10
Where agrochemicals are not authorized in Rwanda, the transit of such agrochemicals shall be granted by the registrar of agrochemicals if he/she is sure that such agrochemicals will be legally accepted in the country of destination.
Article 17
No person shall manufacture, import, export, sell, offer for sale, supply, store for purposes of sale, transport or exhibit any thing in connection with agrochemicals unless he/she is licensed to do so. 
Reference of the measure
Articles 10 and 17 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
3101.00.00 Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products. No    
3102 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous. No    
3103 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic. No    
3104 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic. No    
3105 Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this Chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg. No    
3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi Yes Agrochemicals    
Description
Agrochemicals 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
All countries