Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P14: Product quality, safety, or performance requirements 

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

102. Goods entered under bond for exportation or use as stores or for transhipment shall not, unless the Commissioner otherwise directs, be deemed to have been put on board such aircraft or vessel unless they are-
(a) entered using Form C.17;
(b) produced to a proper officer for examination immediately prior to loading;
(c) loaded on the exporting aircraft or vessel immediately after examination;
(d) produced to a proper officer, if he or she requires, after loading;
(e) certified on the appropriate form by the master or other principal officer of the aircraft or vessel as having been received on board; and
(f) except in the case of aircrafts or ships’ stores, included in the outward manifest of the aircraft or vessel
103. (1) Vehicles and goods, other than vehicles and goods to which the provisions of regulations 132, 133, 134 and135 apply, which are exported overland shall be entered using Form C 17.
(2) A person in charge of a vehicle, whether or not the vehicle is conveying goods, shall report to a proper officer, the full particulars of the vehicle and the goods, if any, using Form C2.
(3) A person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence
103. (1) Vehicles and goods, other than vehicles and goods to which the provisions of regulations 132, 133, 134 and135 apply, which are exported overland shall be entered using Form C 17.
(2) A person in charge of a vehicle, whether or not the vehicle is conveying goods, shall report to a proper officer, the full particulars of the vehicle and the goods, if any, using Form C2.
(3) A person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence.
107. The certificate of clearance of a vessel departing to a foreign port shall be in accordance with Form C. 14.
108. (1) The outward manifest of a vessel shall be in accordance with Form C. 2, and shall contain particulars of all cargo shipped in accordance with the description of the cargo in the relevant bill of lading or freight note, together with the weight or cubic measurement of such cargo in the manner specified in regulations 18 and 19
(2) Each page of the outward manifest, 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 outward manifest in the presence of the proper officer.
(3) The outward manifest referred to in sub-regulation (1), may be in an electronic form.
(4) Where an outward manifest is made in an electronic form in accordance with sub-regulation (3), the proper officer may require the master to submit the transcript in such time as the proper officer may determine.
(5) A transcript submitted under sub-regulation (4), shall be initialed in the manner specified in regulation 14.Clearance and general declaration for aircraft.
109. (1) Before departing to a foreign port, a master of an aircraft shall deliver to a proper officer a general declaration for the aircraft using Form. C. 4.
(2) The proper officer shall return one copy of a signed Form. C. 4 to the master, which shall be the certificate of clearance of the aircraft.
(3) A report of the cargo shall be made using Form. C. 2, which shall be attached to Form. C. 4.
(2) The declaration referred to in sub-regulation
(1) shall give an accurate description of the quantity or weight, the country of origin and value of the contents of the parcel or consignment.
(3) Where the parcel referred to in sub-regulation
(1) contains goods of a commercial nature, an invoice or a statement showing full particulars of the goods shall be enclosed in the parcel; and where the goods are enclosed in two or more parcels, an invoice or a statement showing full particulars of the goods shall be enclosed in one of the parcels, which shall be clearly marked "invoice or statement enclosed".
(4) Where the invoice or statement cannot be conveniently enclosed inside the parcel, it shall be securely attached to it. 

Reference of the measure

Part V section 102 (a) &103 and part VII sections 107-109 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

exports 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.