Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

04 July 1997 

Publication where the measure is specified

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA Acts Supplement to the Gazette ISSN 0856-0331X 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Plant protection ACt No 13 of 1997 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health, C: Protection of life and health of plants and E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

29.-(1)Plant protection equipment shall only be marketed if it is designed such that when it is used correctly and in accordance with its intended purpose for the application of plant protection substances or plant resistance improvers it does not produce any harmful effects on human and animal health, ground water and natural environment, which, on the basis of the current state of art are avoidable.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, before plant protection equipment is marketed for the first time, the manufacturer, the marketing firm or the importer shall, inter alia, declare to the Minister-
(a) the name and the address for the manufacturer, marketing firm or importer;
(b) the designation of the equipment type and the field of use; (c) the instructions for use accompanying the equipment;
(d) a description of equipment type; and
(e) any other document or information necessary for its evaluation.
(3) The document or information referred to in sub-section (2) above. shall be
re-submitted or supplemented in the event of modifications to the equipment type
which influence its performance in the application of plant protection substances or plant resistance improver.
(4) The Minister shall keep a list of equipment types for which a declaration has been submitted and shall publish in the Gazette, entries in the plant protection equipment list.
(5) The Minister may appoint a competent research institute to test the plant protection equipment to establish whether it fulfil the requiremerits of sub-section (1) above, especially in cases where the declaration or the accompanying documents give rise to doubts as to whether the equipment fulfil such requirements.
(6) If the testing under sub-section (5) reveals that the plant protection equipment or one of its items does not fulfil the requirements, the authorised research institute may advise the Minister, to delete the relevant entry from the plant protection equipment list or to order the manufacturer, marketing firm or importer, as the case
may be, to correct the identified imperfections within a specified period. 

Reference of the measure

Part III section 29 (5) & (6) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Plant and plant products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.