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

104. (1) Goods in transit to a foreign port shall be entered at the port of importation using Form C. 17.
(2) An owner of the goods in transit shall at the time of entering the goods produce documents relating to the goods to a proper officer
(3) An owner of goods to be entered for transit shall furnish a bond using the Customs Bond Form. or any other security in such amounts as the Commissioner may require.
(10) A vehicle shall not be used in the transportation of goods in transit unless the vehicle is licensed by the Commissioner using Form.C. 38 or by a competent authority in the COMESA or SADC Member States and approved by the Commissioner using Form. C29.
105. (1) Goods reported for transhipment shall be entered using Form C. 17 and a bond in respect of the goods shall be executed using the Customs Bond Form.
(2) Goods which are not reported for transhipment and are unloaded, may be entered for transhipment in accordance with the provisions of this regulation where –
(a)they have not been entered under the Act; or
(b)the master or agent applies for and obtains the permission of a proper officer to amend the inward report of the importing aircraft or vessel.
(3) Goods reported for transhipment shall be entered and reshipped within twenty-one days after the commencement of the discharge of the importing aircraft or vessel or within such further period as a proper officer may allow.
106. Goods entered for transhipment may, with the permission of a proper officer and subject to any conditions he or she may impose,be transhipped direct from an importing aircraft, vessel or vehicle to the exporting aircraft, vessel or vehicle, if the goods are reported by the importing aircraft or vessel or vehicle for transhipment.
(11) A licence for a vehicle to convey goods in transit issued by the Commissioner shall be recognized in all other Partner States for the purpose for which the licence was issued.
119(1) where goods are imported through a registered courier, the Commissioner may, in his or her discretion, accept the Customs declaration on the form provided by the courier in the country of origin, for the purpose of assessing the duty on the goods, in lieu of the entry required under the provisions of the Customs laws.
(2) Where goods are exported through a registered courier, a declaration from the sender regarding the description of the contents of the package and the value of the goods shall be affixed to the courier article and shall be deemed to be the entry required under the Act.
(3) Sub-regulations (1) and (2) shall not apply to goods where an individual package exceeds seventy kilograms or a value of one thousand dollars.
(4) A licensed courier shall present all the imported goods to a proper officer for examination and assessment of duty. Customs declaration on courier articles.

124. Where cargo is loaded in an aircraft or vessel for carriage coastwise to more than one port or place, separate transires shall be prepared for each port or place.
125. (1) Coastwise cargo shall not be loaded on an aircraft or vessel for carriage coastwise or removed from a Customs area or a transit shed after it is unloaded or landed, without the prior permission of a proper officer.
(2) Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence.
126. Where a master of a coasting aircraft or vessel intends to proceed to a
sufferance wharf to load or unload coastwise cargo, he or she shall apply to a proper officer for permission using Form. C. 10.
128. Except with the written permission of a proper officer, coastwise cargo or goods for transfer shall not be loaded on or unloaded from a vessel of less than two hundred and fifty tons register, until the master delivers to a proper officer the transire relating to the cargo to be loaded or unloaded. 

Reference of the measure

Part V section 104 (1)-(3),(10),(11) & sections 105, 106 , part IX section 119 (2) & (3) Part X sections 124, 126,125 &128 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Imports 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.