Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B9: TBT Measures n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

01 July 2010 

Publication where the measure is specified

East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004,Regulations, 2010 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The East African Community Customs ManagementRegulations, 2010 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

11. (1) A master of a vessel arriving from a foreign port shall make an inward report using Form. C.2,to a proper officer at the port or place of arrival
. (2) All packages for which a bill of lading has not been issued shall be declared on the parcels list using Form. C.3. Report of aircraft and cargo
12. (1) A master of an aircraft arriving from a foreign port shall make an inward report using Form. C.4, to the proper officer at the port or place of arrival.
(2) A report of the cargo shall be in Form C.2 which shall be attached to the general declaration in Form. C.4.
13. (1) The reports referred to under regulations 11 and 12 may be submitted
electronically.
(2) Where a report is submitted electronically in accordance with sub-regulation (1), a proper officer may require the master to submit the transcript within such time as the proper officer may determine.
(3) A transcript submitted under sub-regulation (2), shall be initialed in the manner specified in regulation 14.
14. Every page of the report submitted under regulation 13, other than that on which the declaration is signed, shall be initialed by the master or his or her agent, and the master or agent shall number and seal together the pages and shall, where required, sign the report in the presence of the proper officer. List of passengers, report of stores and crews' declaration
18. The contents of every package and of all cargo in bulk intended for discharge at a port or place in the Community shall be reported in accordance with the description in the relevant bill of lading or airway bill.
19. A report of a vessel shall show the weight or cubic measurement of the cargo reported according to which freight has been charged, or, where freight has not been charged, the report shall show the weight or measurement normally chargeable for goods of like kind and quantity.
20. (1) Cargo intended for discharge at other ports or places in the Community, other than the first port or place of landing, shall be shown using Form. C.2 for vessels and using Form. C.5 for aircraft.
(2) Where a proper officer so requires, cargo intended for discharge at other ports or places in the Community shall be reported in the same manner as cargo to which regulation 18 applies
21. Cargo remaining on board a vessel or an aircraft for exportation shall be reported using Form. C.2 for vessels and Form. C.5 for aircraft, unless a proper officer otherwise directs.
22. Application to break bulk prior to making report and to unload goods prior to entry shall be made to a proper officer using Form C8.
26. Where cargo reported for discharge at a port or place in the Community is found to be in excess or short of the cargo specified in the report, or where the master or his or her agent wishes to amend the destination, ownership or status of goods, he or she may apply to the proper officer for permission to amend the report stating reasons for the change using Form C9.
27. Before the proper officer permits the amendment of a report, the master or his or her agent shall satisfy the proper officer, in the case of cargo found to be short of the goods specified in the report, that the goods –
(a)were not shipped;
(b) were discharged and landed at a previous port;
(c) were over carried and landed at a subsequent port;
(d) having been over carried, have been returned to and landed at a port in the Community on the return voyage, or by some other aircraft or vessel which loaded the goods at the port to which they were over carried;
(e) were lost at sea; or
(f) were stolen or destroyed before the aircraft or vessel arrived in the Community:
30. Where the master of an aircraft or vessel intends to proceed to a sufferance wharf, or to any other place which is not a place approved for unloading, to unload cargo, he or she shall apply to the proper officer for permission using Form.C10. Accommodation and transport to be provided.
32. Goods shall not be unloaded at a sufferance wharf or at any place which is not approved for unloading until they have been entered: Provided that the Commissioner may, in regard to any particular sufferance wharf or place or in any particular case, waive or modify this requirement.
33. (1) Where goods are discharged from an importing aircraft or vessel into another vessel to be landed, the master, or his or her agent shall sign and transmit with each shipment an account of the goods.
(2) Before any goods are discharged from a vessel or aircraft under sub-regulation
(1), the account shall be delivered to the proper officer at the place at which the goods are to be landed:
Provided that the Commissioner may dispense with the furnishing of the account either generally or in any particular case.
34. (1) A vessel or aircraft to which regulation 32 applies and which has arrived at any place of unloading shall not depart except with the permission of the proper officer.
(2) Where goods remain on board a vessel or aircraft which is permitted to depart under sub-regulation (1), the person in charge shall observe such directions as the proper officer may give
37. Before any goods put into any aircraft or vessel are re-landed, the owner shall apply in writing to the proper officer for permission to unload the goods, and shall on approval land the goods and dispose of them as the proper officer may direct. Certificate of landing.
38. Where the authorities of any country require a certificate of landing, a proper officer may issue the certificate in Form C11 or in any other form, to a person who satisfies the proper officer that he or she is entitled to the certificate.
39.Imported goods other than goods to which the provisions of regulations 132, 133, 134 and 135 apply, shall be entered using FormC 17.
40. Where separate entries are made for goods contained in the same consignment, each entry shall contain a reference to the other.
41. (1) Where the master of an aircraft or vessel desires to land any surplus stores, he or she shall apply in writing to the proper officer stating the number of packages and quantity and description of the stores.
(2) Where an application is made under sub regulation (1), a proper officer may permit the surplus stores to be landed and entered for warehousing or for home consumption.
54. Entries may not be required for vehicles or goods imported in accordance with regulations 132, 133, 134 and 135, unless the vehicles or goods are not to be re-exported 

Reference of the measure

Part I section 22,26 , 27 32,33 , 34,37,38,39,40 , 41 & 54 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Imports 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.