Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B81: Product registration/approval requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

19 May 1983 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya, pest control products, CAP 346 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Pest Control Products Act 4 of 1982 revised 2012/1985 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

B: Protection of life and health of animals and C: Protection of life and health of plants 

Description of the measure

4. Import, export, etc., of pest control products
(1) No person shall import into, or sell in, Kenya any pest control product unless that product has been registered, packaged and labelled in accordance with regulations made under this Act and conforms to the standards specified in those regulations.
(2) No person shall export or re-export out of Kenya any pest control products unless he has complied with the requirement specified in regulations made under this Act. 

Reference of the measure

Section 4 (1) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Pesticides 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.