Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B31: Labelling requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 08 April 2013
Publication where the measure is specified: Official Gazette n°14bis of 08/04/2013
Regulation where the measure is specified: Law relating to the control of tobacco
Country/Region applying the measure: Rwanda
The rationale of the measure: This Law establishes modalities for controlling tobacco consumption and tobacco products that are manufactured in Rwanda as well as those imported so as to protect the Rwandan population’s life. In particular its purpose is:
1° to prevent under eighteen (18) persons from any contact with tobacco and tobacco products;
2° to inform, educate and communicate to the public on the health, environmental, economic and social consequences of smoking and use of tobacco products;
3° to preserve and promote the right of nonsmokers to live in a smoke-free environment;
4° to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco and counterfeiting;
5° to motivate smokers to quit smoking and provide rehabilitation for those who stop smoking.
Coded list of objectives: A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure: Article 18: Imprints to be put on the package of tobacco and tobacco products for sale in Rwanda
A factory manufacturing tobacco and tobacco products sold in Rwanda shall put warning imprints on the package of tobacco and tobacco products.
Reference of the measure: Article 18
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage
2401	Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse.	No
2402	Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.	No
2403	Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes;	No

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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