Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A69: Other requirements relating to production or post-production processes not elsewhere specified 

Date when the measure came into force

28 March 1974 

Publication where the measure is specified

Laws of Botswana Chapter 50:1 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Customs and Excise Duty Regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Botswana 

The rationale of the measure

No specific objective stated 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

28. Requirements in respect of stills
(1) Subject to subregulation (2) no person, other than an agricultural distiller, shall use a pot still with a capacity of less than 680 litres or a continuous still which is not capable of distilling 910 litres or more of wine or wash per hour.
( 2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply to any still lawfully in use at the time of the commencement of the Act, or to any still which the Director may, in his discretion, authorize to be used for the distilling or manufacture of essences or such other preparations as he may determine, or for experimental purposes.
( 3) No agricultural distiller shall use a still with a capacity of less than 90 litres for distilling spirits:
Provided that this requirement shall not apply in respect of a still which is lawfully in the possession of an agricultural distiller immediately prior to the commencement of the Act.
( 4) No person shall use a still for distilling spirits, and no licence to distil spirits therein shall be issued, unless such still is made wholly of copper, tin, stainless steel or aluminium.
( 5) The said stills shall only be repaired with one or more of the aforementioned metals (not coatings thereof) unless otherwise approved by the Director. 

Reference of the measure

Article 28 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Still, spirits 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world