Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B15: Authorization requirements for importers 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2015 

Publication where the measure is specified

The control of agricultural chemicals Act, statutory Instrument 29-1 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The control of Agricultural Chemicals (regulations control) regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

C: Protection of life and health of plants 

Description of the measure

4. Matters required to be registered.
(1) No agricultural chemical whether imported or manufactured in Uganda shall be used, stored, distributed or dealt in in Uganda by way of business unless it is duly registered in the register of agricultural chemicals and a certificate is issued in respect of it under these Regulations.
(2) No person shall manufacture, import, export, store, use, distribute or otherwise deal in any agricultural chemical by way of business unless he or she is duly registered in the register of fumigators and commercial applicators as a fumigator or a commercial applicator and is issued with a certificate in relation to the registration under these Regulations.
(3) No person—
(a) shall use any premises for the manufacturing, formulating, packaging, storing, or selling of any agricultural chemicals; or
(b) being the owner or occupier of any premises, shall permit the premises to be used for the manufacturing, storing or selling of any agricultural chemical,
unless the premises are registered for the purpose in the register of premises referred to in regulation 3 of these Regulations and a certificate of registration is issued in respect of the registration under these Regulations.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, the requirement of registration of agricultural chemicals includes a requirement of registration of—
(a) a new product being introduced or manufactured in or outside Uganda for the first time, as a new common name and trade name;
(b) a product already existing in Uganda as a common name but which product is being reformulated; and
(c) a product already registered in Uganda under one type of formulation, where the formulation or its trade name changes
8. Application for registration of agricultural chemical.
(1) An application for registration of an agricultural chemical shall be made to the board in Form A in the First Schedule.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by—
(a) five copies of the label for the agricultural chemical or duly certified copies of it;
(b) samples of—
(i) the agricultural chemical for official testing, evaluation and screening;
(ii) the technical grade of the agricultural chemical’s active ingredients;
(iii) the laboratory standard of the agricultural chemical’s active ingredients;
(c) information regarding—
(i) the technical knowledge of the applicant;
(ii) a certified application dosage and prescribed usage of the agricultural chemical;
(iii) the expiry date or the shelf life and date of manufacture of the agricultural chemical;
(iv) Re entry and pre harvest intervals;
(v) the corrosive effects of the agricultural chemical;
(vi) antidotes and first-aid treatment recommended in case of accidental poisoning;
(vii) special protective clothing required in respect of the use of the agricultural chemical; and
(d) such other information or matter as the board may require.
(3) An applicant not resident in Uganda shall apply through an agent who is a permanent (or who is ordinarily) resident in Uganda
12. Refusal to register agricultural chemical.
The board may reject an application for registration of an agricultural chemical if in its opinion—
(a) the application for registration or the label for the chemical does not comply with the Act or these Regulations;
(b) the information provided to the board by the applicant is not sufficient to enable the agricultural chemical to be assessed,evaluated or screened;
(c) the applicant fails to establish that the agricultural chemical has merit or value for the purpose claimed when the chemical is used in accordance with its label directions; or
(d) the use of the agricultural chemical would lead to an unacceptable risk or harm to—
(i) things for which the agricultural chemical is intended to be used; or
(ii) public health, plants, animals or the environment
36. Suspension or cancellation of registration.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the board may suspend the registration of any agricultural chemical, fumigator, commercial applicator or premises under these Regulations and notify, in writing, the holder of the relevant certificate.
(2) Where a registration has been cancelled under this regulation, the holder of the certificate of registration in relation to the cancelled registration shall, unless an appeal is pending in respect of the cancellation or the cancellation is reversed on appeal, return the certificate immediately to the board.
(3) Where the registration of a fumigator or commercial applicator has been suspended or cancelled under this Part, he or she shall not apply again for registration subject to the reversal of the suspension or cancellation on appeal. 

Reference of the measure

Part I section 4, part II. 8,12.Part X 36 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Agricultural Chemicals 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries