Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B31: Labelling 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 
Description of the measure
22. Offences
(1) No person shall import, distribute, sell or otherwise dispose of an agrochemical unless a label is part of or securely attached to the container of the agrochemical and clearly and indelibly marked in English with such information as may be prescribed.
(2) No person shall alter the label of a container of an agrochemical, so as to misrepresent the nature of the agrochemical. 
Reference of the measure
Sub-Articles 22(1) and 22(2) 
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