Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

10 August 2001 

Publication where the measure is specified

Laws of Botswana Chapter 38:01 Wildlife Conservation and National Parks 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Wildlife Conservation and National Parks (Hunting and Licensing) 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

34. Import, export, re-export and transit of game animals and trophies
(1) No person shall import, export, re-export or acquire transit rights for game animals without an import, export, re-export and transit permit respectively.
(2) An application for an import, export, re-export or transit permit for game animals not listed under the Fifth Schedule of the Act shall be made in the form set out in the Twenty Sixth Schedule.
(3) An import, export, re-export and transit permit for game animals and trophies not listed under the Fifth Schedule of the Act shall be in the form set out in the Twenty Seventh Schedule.
(4) An import, export, re-export and transit permit for game animals and trophies specified in the Fifth Schedule of the Act, shall be in the form set out in the Twenty Eighth Schedule.
(5) If an import, export, re-export or transit permit is unused for whatever reason it shall be surrendered to the issuing office before another one is issued.
(6) A permit applied for under this regulation may be issued on the payment of an appropriate fee specified in the Twenty-Ninth Schedule.
(7) A permit issued under this regulation shall be subject to such terms, conditions and requirements as may be endorsed in the permit.
(8) Any person who contravenes any provision of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence. 

Reference of the measure

Article 34 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Leopard, Lion, Elephant, Chobe bushbuck, Sable antelope, Eland, Vervet monkey
Baboon
Spotted hyaena
Caracal
Wild cat
Bateared fox
Silver fox
Sidestriped jackal
Blackbacked jackal
Elephant
Zebra
Wild pig
Warthog
Duiker
Steenbok
Kudu
Sitatunga
Bushbuck
Impala
Reedbuck
Lechwe
Springbok
Gemsbok
Buffalo
Blue wildebeest
Hartebeest
Tsessebe
Scrub hare
Cape hare
Porcupine
Springhare
Ostrich
Crocodile
Spur-wing goose
Egyptian goose
Whitefaced duck
Knob-billed duck
Cape shoveller
Yellow-billed duck
Red-billed teal
Cape teal
Southern pochard
Francolin
Quail
Guinea-fowl
Snipe
Sandgrouse
Green pigeons
Turtle doves 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries