Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B31: Labelling requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 10 October 2007
Publication where the measure is specified: LAWS OF KENYA TOBACCO CONTROL ACT CHAPTER 245A Revised Edition 2012 [2007] Published by the National Council for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney-General
Regulation where the measure is specified: Tobacco control Act, 2007
Country/Region applying the measure: Kenya
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 14. Conformity with requirements
(1) No person shall manufacture, import or distribute a tobacco product that does not conform to the requirements of this Act or any regulations made there under.
(2) Every, packet or package of tobacco for retail or wholesale in Kenya shall carry the statement “Sales only allowed in Kenya” and shall also state the country of origin.
(4) A person who contravenes the provisions of this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both.
[Act No. 6 of 2009, Sch.]
Reference of the measure: Part IN para 14 (2)
Measure also domestic: No

Code	Product	Partial coverage
2401	Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse.	No
2402	Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.	No
2403	Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes;	No

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world	10 October 2007

Reporting, Monitoring and Eliminating Mechanism