Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
A82: Testing requirement 
Date when the measure came into force
03 July 2013 
Publication where the measure is specified
Official Gazette nº 31 of 05/08/2013 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Ministerial Instructions N° 21/2013 Of 03/07/2013 Declaring Compulsory Rwandan Standards 
Country/Region applying the measure
Rwanda 
The rationale of the measure
These instructions declare and enforce Rwandan Compulsory Standards. 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
Article 4: Compliance with Compulsory Standard A natural person, corporate body or business enterprise shall not manufacture, import, export or sell the commodity and product covered by compulsory standards regulated by these instructions without providing a proof of compliance to essential requirements of the standard to the competent authority. A proof of compliance shall be:
1. A certification mark issued by a Recognized Certification body;
2. A certificate of analysis issued by a Recognized Testing Body; or
3. A test report issued by a Recognized Testing Body. 
Reference of the measure
Art 4 (3) 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
PG: 1 All products Yes Brown sugar Refined white sugar Plantation (mill) White Sugar Dextrose Monohydrate (Glucose Powder)    
1001 Wheat and meslin. Yes Wheat and Durum Wheat Grains    
1005 Maize (corn). Yes Maize Grains    
1007 Grain sorghum. Yes Sorghum Grains    
0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled. Yes Dry beans    
1201 Soya beans, whether or not broken. Yes    
1101 Wheat or meslin flour. Yes Wheat flour    
1102.20.00 - Maize (corn) flour No    
1102.90.00 - Other Yes Sorghum flour Millet flour    
1006 Rice. Yes Milled riice    
1108.12.00 -- Maize (corn) starch No    
1208.10.00 - Of soya beans Yes Edible Full Fat Soybean Flour    
1704.10.00 - Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated No    
1704.90.00 - Other Yes Sugar Confectionary Part1: High Boiled Sweets Sugar Confectionary ▬ Part 2:Caramel,toffees and Fudge Sugar Confectionary▬ Part3: Chewing Gum and bubble Gum    
1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared. Yes Pasta Products    
1905 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products. Yes bread, cakes, cookies    
1103.13.00 -- Of maize (corn) Yes fortified    
2501 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water. Yes fortified    
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes Yes fortified    
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery Yes fortified    
1101.00.00 Wheat or meslin flour. Yes fortified wheat flour    
1901 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of No    
2007 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut pur No    
2008.11.00 -- Ground-nuts No    
2103.90.00 - Other Yes chilli sauce    
2008.99.00 -- Other Yes cooked and packaged beans    
0901 Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion. Yes roasted    
0902.10.00 - Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg No    
0902.20.00 - Other green tea (not fermented) No    
0409.00.00 Natural honey. No    
1521.90.00 - Other Yes beeswax    
PG: 11 Dairy products Yes MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS Unprocessed Whole Milk Pasteurized Liquid Milk Fermented (Cultured) Milks UHT Milk Milk powders and Cream powders Yoghurt Gouda Cheese creamy cheese Butter    
1601.00 Sausages and similar products, of meat, offal or blood; food preparations based on these products No    
1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood. Yes Canned Corned Beef    
PG: 14 Poultry meat Yes Dressed poultry (Chicken)    
0302.89.00 -- Other Yes Fresh fin fish    
0304.99.00 -- Other Yes Fresh fin fish fillet    
1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs. Yes Canned Fish in Tomato Sauce    
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar No    
PG: 12 Baby food Yes INFANT FOODS Processed Cereals based Foods for Infants and Children Breakfast Cereals-Part2:Flaked breakfast Cereals Infant food formula    
1106.20.00 - Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 Yes High Quality Cassava flour Dried cassava chips Cassava flour Cassava wheat composite flour Food grade cassava starch    
2005.20.00 - Potatoes Yes Fried potato chips    
Description
SUGARS AND SUGAR PRODUCTS
Brown sugar
Refined white sugar
Plantation (mill) White Sugar
Dextrose Monohydrate (Glucose Powder)
Sugar Confectionary Part1: High Boiled Sweets
Sugar Confectionary ▬ Part 2:Caramel,toffees and Fudge
Sugar Confectionary▬ Part3: Chewing Gum and bubble Gum
Glucose Syrup ▬ Specification

CEREALS, PULSES AND CEREAL PRODUCTS
Milled Rice
Whole maize meal
Maize Grains
Milled maize products
Edible Maize starch
Wheat and Durum Wheat Grains
Whole Wheat Flour
Wheat flour
Millet flour
Composite Flour
Sorghum Grains
Dry beans
Sorghum flour
Soya Bean
Edible Full Fat Soybean Flour
Biscuit-Specification
Pasta Products
Bread

FORTIFIED PRODUCTS

Fortified Milled Maize (Corn) Products
Fortified Salt
Fortified Edible Oils and Fats
Fortified Sugar
Fortified Wheat Flour

PROCESSED PRODUCTS
Milk— based foods
Cakes
Cookies
Fruit Jams, Jellies and Marmalades
Peanut Butter
Chilli Sauce
Ground cassava leaves (ISOMBE)
Fresh Tofu
Cooked Packaged Beans
Cooked Packaged Maize
Roasted macadamia-specification


EDIBLE OILS AND FATS
Edible fats and Oils
Named Animal fats
Edible palm Oil
Named vegetable oils
Edible fats and oils

TEA AND COFFEE
Black tea
Roasted Coffee Beans and Roasted Ground Coffee
Instant (soluble) Coffee
Green coffee
Green Tea
HONEY AND BEEKEEPING
bee-products
Honey
MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Unprocessed Whole Milk
Pasteurized Liquid Milk
Fermented (Cultured) Milks
UHT Milk
Milk powders and Cream powders
Yoghurt
Gouda Cheese
creamy cheese
Butter
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS INCLUDING FISH
Sausage ▬ Part1: Fresh, Cooked and Smoked Pork and Sausages, pork and Beef Sausage meat
Canned Corned Beef
Fish
Dressed poultry (Chicken)
Fresh Fin Fish ▬ Part1: Fresh whole fish
Fresh Fin Fish ▬ Part2: Fresh fish fillet
Canned Fish in Tomato Sauce

BEVERAGES AND DRINKING WATERS
Containerized mineral water
Potable Water
Concentrated Passion fruit juice preserved exclusively by physical means
Fruits nectars
Fruits squashes
Fruit Flavoured Drinks
Fruits flavoured drink in solid form
Fruit-based soft drinks ▬ Part 1:Soft drinks with Fruit Juice
Fruit-based soft drinks ▬ Part 2:Comminuted fruit based soft drinks
Health drinks Part 1: Vitamin C-based health drinks
Energy Drinks Part 1: Ready-to-drink Energy drinks
Glucose based energy drink
Soft Drinks
Carbonated and Non – carbonated beverages
Soybean Milk and Drinks
Neutral Spirits for manufacture of alcoholic beverages
Fruit Wines
Gin
Brandy
Whisky
Rum
Vodka
Still table wines
Sparkling Wines
Fortified Wines
Beer


INFANT FOODS
Processed Cereals based Foods for
Infants and Children
Breakfast Cereals-Part2:Flaked breakfast Cereals
Infant food formula

EDIBLE OILS AND FATS
Margarine
Named Vegetable Oils

ROOTS AND TUBERS
High Quality Cassava flour
Dried cassava chips
Cassava flour
Cassava wheat composite flour
Food grade cassava starch
Cassava crisps
Potato crisps
Frozen potato chips
Fried potato chips 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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