Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B84: Inspection requirement
Date when the measure came into force: 01 September 1955
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 49:01 Hides and Skins
Regulation where the measure is specified: Hides and Skins Regulations
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: 19. Search of vehicles
Any veterinary officer, administrative officer or police officer of the rank of sub-inspector or above, may stop and examine any vehicle carrying, or suspected by him to be carrying, hides or skins, excluding green hides or skins, possessing any of the defects described in regulation
12, and may inspect any hides or skins found in such vehicle or in the possession of such person, or he may direct the person in charge of such vehicle to convey the hides and skins to some suitable place where they may be inspected by a veterinary officer, or may carry away and detain such hides or skins for the purpose of instituting proceedings under these Regulations.
Reference of the measure: Article 19
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage
4101	Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split.	No
4102	Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split, other than those excluded by note	No
4103	Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split, other than those excluded by note	No
4104	Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared.	No
4105	Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared.	No
4106	Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared.	No

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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