Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P4: Export price-control measures, including additional taxes and charges 

Date when the measure came into force

10 March 1968 

Publication where the measure is specified

Laws of Botswana Chapter 38:03 Forest 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Forest Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Botswana 

The rationale of the measure

No specific objective stated 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

19A. Import, export, etc. of endangered species of flora
( 1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall import, export or re-export, possess or transport any species of flora specified in the Convention except in accordance with a permit or certificate, as the case may be, issued by a management authority in consultation with the scientific authority.
(2) The Minister may make regulations for the issue and renewal of import, export or re-export, possession or transportation permits or certificates, and the conditions and duration of the permits or certificates. 

Reference of the measure

Article 19A 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Species listed under Appendix I-III of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php) 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world