Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A89: Conformity assessment related to SPS conditions n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

03 May 1968 

Publication where the measure is specified

Laws of Botswana Chapter 37:01 Disease of Animals 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Stock Diseases (Semen) Regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Botswana 

The rationale of the measure

No specific objective given 

Coded list of objectives

B: Protection of life and health of animals 

Description of the measure

4. Control of dealings in semen
(1) No person shall-
(a) dispose of any semen (whether this has been imported into Botswana or collected in Botswana) to any other person by sale, gift or exchange or in any other manner whatsoever;
(b) use any such semen for artificial insemination of any stock which are not the property of the owner of the semen; or
(c) in the case of semen collected in Botswana, remove such semen from the property on which it has been collected, except under and in accordance with a written permit by the Director.
(2) The Director may in granting a permit under the provisions of subregulation (1) impose such conditions as may appear to him to be necessary or expedient for preventing the introduction to and spread in Botswana of diseases of stock.
(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subregulation (1) or who contravenes any condition imposed under the provisions of subregulation (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to the penalties prescribed in regulation 5. 

Reference of the measure

Article 4 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Bovine, equine, sheep, goat or pig semen 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries and regions