Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

19 July 2013 

Publication where the measure is specified

Medicines and Related Substances Act, 2013 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Medicines and Related Substances Act, 2013 

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

58. (1) No person shall sell any cosmetic that -
(a) has in it, or on it, any substance that may cause injury to the health of the user when the cosmetic is used,
(i) according to the directions on the label or accompanying the cosmetic, or
(ii) for the purposes and by the methods of use as are customary or usual for the cosmetic;
(b) consists in whole or in part, of any filthy or decomposed substance or of any foreign matter; or
(c) the Authority has, in the public interest, declared as prohibited. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 58(1) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cosmetics 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world