Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
A31: Labelling requirements 
Date when the measure came into force
01 January 1967 
Publication where the measure is specified
Control of Goods Act 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Control of Goods (Import of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 
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
"No person shall import into Malawi any radioactive substance unless—....there is clearly and legibly written on the container in which the substance is placed or on a lable affixed thereto—
(i) the appropriate designation of the substance or of each of the active constituents thereof or of each of the ingredients of which it has been compounded; and
(ii) if the appropriate designation of each of the active constituents or the ingredients is written on the container or label, the appropriate quantitative particulars of such constituents or ingredients." 
Reference of the measure
Paragraph 4 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
2844.10.00 Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Natural uranium and its compounds;alloys, dispersions (inc No    
2844.20.00 Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Uranium enriched in U 235 and itscompounds; plutonium and No    
2844.30.00 Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Uranium depleted in U 235 and itscompounds; thorium and it No    
2844.40.00 Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Radioactive elements and isotopesand compounds other than No    
2844.50.00 Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Spent (irradiated) fuel elements(cartridges) of nuclear re No    
Description
Radioactive substances - "any substance which consists of or contains any radioactive chemical element whether natural or artificial and whose specific activity exceeds 0.002 of a microcurie per gramme of parent radioactive chemical element of substance and which has a total activity of more than 0.1 microcurie;" 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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