Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

17 September 1999 

Publication where the measure is specified

Supplement A - Government Gazette dated 17th September, 1999 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Mines and Minerals Act, 1999 

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

48. (1) No person shall export any radioactive mineral except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a permit granted by the Minister.
(2) The grant of a permit under subsection (1) shall be at the discretion of the Minister exercised reasonably.
(3) A permit issued under subsection (1) shall be in such form and shall be subject to the payment of such fee and such reasonable terms and conditions as the Minister may determine. 

Reference of the measure

Article 48(1) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Minerals which contains by weight at least one-twentieth of one per cent (0,05 per cent) of uranium or thorium or any combination 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world