Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B81: Product registration/approval requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

11 December 1992 

Publication where the measure is specified

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

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Wildlife Conservation and National Parks Act 

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

68. Ivory or tusks imported into or acquired in Botswana
(1) Any person who imports any ivory or any tusk into Botswana, or who acquires, within
Botswana, any ivory, or any tusk, without a certificate of ownership issued under section 67(2) shall, within 7 days of so importing or acquiring it, produce such ivory or tusk to a licensing officer, at such wildlife office as may be prescribed for that purpose, for registration, together with such reasonable proof of the lawful importation or acquisition thereof as the licensing officer may require, and where appropriate the provisions of section 67(2) or (3) shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect thereof:
Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply in respect of any tusk or ivory which is imported into Botswana by any museum or scientific or educational institution, or in respect of any ivory which is in such form, or is acquired from such source, as the Minister may, bearing in mind the terms of CITES, by regulations made under this Act, or in any particular case exempt therefrom. 

Reference of the measure

Article 68 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Ivory and tusks 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries