Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 13 June 2008
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 24:03 Radiation Protection
Regulation where the measure is specified: Radiation Protection Regulations
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: No specific objective given
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 53. Consumer products
(1) Consumer products capable of causing exposure to radiation shall not be supplied to members of the public unless-
(a) such exposure is excluded from these Regulations under regulation 5;
(b) such products meet the exemption requirements specified in regulation 13 or have otherwise been exempted by the Board; or
(c) such products are authorised by the Board for use by members of the public.
[The following exposures are excluded from the requirements of these regulations-
(a) exposures from natural radioactivity in the body;
(b) exposures from cosmic radiation and from unmodified concentrations of natural
radionuclides in raw materials; or
(c) any other source that is essentially unamenable to control as may be determined by
the Board.]
Reference of the measure: Article 51(1)
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 1	All products	Yes	Consumer products capable of causing exposure to radiation

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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