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- NTM classification
- B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
- 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
- Description of the measure
- 15. Requirement for a licence
No person shall manufacture, import, distribute, sell or dispose an agrochemical unless he or she is licensed to do so under this Act. - Reference of the measure
- Article 15
- 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
