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NTM classification: B82: Testing requirement
Date when the measure came into force: 01 January 1996
Publication where the measure is specified: Seed Act Seed Act 2005
Regulation where the measure is specified: Seed Act Seed Act 2005
Country/Region applying the measure: Malawi
The rationale of the measure: None specified
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 40. (1) Upon importation into Malawi of any prescribed seed, the seed importer to whom the prescribed seed is consigned shall within seven days of its delivery to him[/her], request a sample to be taken and sent for test to a seed testing laboratory.
(2) No person shall sell or otherwise dispose of imported prescribed seed prior to the receipt, by the seed importer who imported such prescribed seed, of a report on the test of the sample thereof from the seed testing laboratory confirming that the imported prescribed seed conforms to the prescribed seed standards.
(3) A person who contravenes of fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
Reference of the measure: Article 40
Measure also domestic: No

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage
1201.10.00	Soya beans, whether or not broken: Seed	No
1202.30.00	Ground-nuts, not roasted orotherwise cooked, whether or notshelled or broken: Seed	No
1204.00.00	Linseed, whether or not broken	No
1205.10.00	Rape or colza seeds, whether or notbroken: Low erucic rape or colza seeds	No
1205.90.00	Rape or colza seeds, whether or notbroken: Other	No
1206.00.00	Sunflower seeds, whether or notbroken	No
1207.10.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Palm nuts and kernels	No
1207.21.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Cotton seeds: Seed	No
1207.29.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Cotton seeds: Other	No
1207.30.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Castor oil seeds	No
1207.40.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Sesamum seeds	No
1207.50.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Mustard seeds	No
1207.60.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds	No
1207.70.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Melon seeds	No
1207.91.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Other: Poppy seeds	No
1207.99.00	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Other: Other	No
1001.11.00	Wheat and meslin: Durum wheat: Seed	No
1001.91.00	Wheat and meslin: Other: Seed	No
1002.10.00	Rye: Seed	No
1003.10.00	Barley: Seed	No
1004.10.00	Oats: Seed	No
1005.10.00	Maize (corn): Seed	No
1006.10.00	Rice: Rice in the husk (paddy or rough)	No
1007.10.00	Grain sorghum: Seed	No
1008.21.00	Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds;other cereals: Millet: Seed	No
1008.30.00	Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds;other cereals: Canary seeds	No

Description: Prescribed seeds

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Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

Description: Entire world

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