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- NTM classification
- B81: Product registration/approval requirements
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 May 2000
- Publication where the measure is specified
- Laws of Botswana Chapter 35:09 Agrochemicals
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Agrochemicals Act
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Botswana
- The rationale of the measure
- To provide for the registration and licencing of agro chemicals. To control or regulate their importation,manufacture,distribution,use and disposal,so as to prevent pollution to the environment or harm to human,plant or animal life.
- Coded list of objectives
- A: Protection of human life and health and X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 10. Agrochemicals to be registered
No person shall own, use, possess, import, manufacture, advertise, distribute or sell an agrochemical unless such agrochemical is registered under this Act:
Provided that this section shall not apply in the case of an unregistered agrochemical-
( a) intended to be used for experimental or research purposes; or
( b) on direct transit to another country and the Registrar is satisfied that the agrochemical will be permitted to enter a country outside Botswana. - Reference of the measure
- ARticle 10
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
| Code | Product | Partial coverage | Partial coverage indication | Date in | Date out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3101 | Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products. | No | |||
| 3102 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous. | No | |||
| 3103 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic. | No | |||
| 3104 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic. | No | |||
| 3105 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 | No | |||
| 3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi | Yes | Insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides etc |
- Description
- Agrochemicals - any organic, inorganic or live biological material intended or offered for sale for purposes of-
( a) destruction, control, repulsion, attraction or prevention of any undesirable life form injurious to plant and animal growth; or
( b) promotion or inhibition of plant growth such as fertilisers, growth regulators, hormones, defoliants or legume inoculants
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
| Inclusion/Exclusion | Country | Date in | Date out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Entire world |
- Description
- Entire world
