Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 1950 

Publication where the measure is specified

Artificial Insemination of Animals (Control) Act 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Artificial Insemination of Animals (Control) Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Mauritius 

The rationale of the measure

None specified 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

3(2) Regulations made under this section may apply to cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, domestic fowls, turkeys, geese and ducks.
3(3) (a) No person shall import or bring into Mauritius the semen of any animal to which regulations made under this section apply, except under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister.
(b) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Comptroller of Customs that any such semen is being imported or brought solely with a view to the re-exportation thereof after transit through Mauritius or by way of transshipment, the Comptroller of Customs may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose for securing the re-exportation of the semen, allow the semen to be imported or brought as if this subsection did not apply thereto. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-Articles 3(2) and 3(3) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Notes

The measure has been in force since 30th October 1946 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Semen of cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, domestic fowls, turkeys, geese and ducks. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world