Non-Tariff Measure

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 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
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    
Description
Hides and skins 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
Entire world