Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 1975 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya/SEEDS AND PLANT VARIETIES ACT Cap 326 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Seeds and plant Varieties Act No 1 of 1972, revised 2012 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

(3) The importation of all seeds to which this section applies is prohibited except under the authority, and in accordance with the terms, of a licence granted by an authorized officer, and any person who imports or attempts to import any seeds in contravention of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not
exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(4) A licence under subsection (3) of this section may be, to any degree, general or specific, and may be modified or revoked by an authorized officer at any time 

Reference of the measure

Part IV para 15 (3) & (4) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

seeds 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.