Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P3: Export licences, export quotas, export prohibition and other restrictions other than sanitary and phytosanitary or TBT measures 

Date when the measure came into force

05 November 2004 

Publication where the measure is specified

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS SUPPLEMENT No. 38 5th November, 2004 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS SUPPLEMENT to The Uganda Gazette No. 57 Volume XCVII dated 5th November, 2004 Printed by UPPC, Entebbe, by Order of the Government. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2004 No. 71. 

Regulation where the measure is specified

THE MINING REGULATIONS, 2004. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

72.(1) Rates of royalties shall be as specified in the Third Schedule of these
Regulations.
(2) The value of a precious metal ora non-precious mineral shall, for the purpose of computing the royalty payable on such precious metal or non-precious mineral, be deemed to be the latest price on the London Metal Exchange or any other Metal Exchange or market as known to the Commissioner; and in the absence of proof to the contrary—
(a)gold shall be deemed to be ninety-five per centum fine;
(b)tin ore shall be deemed to contain seventy-five per centum tin;
(c)the valuable contents of other metals, ore or minerals shall be such as the Commissioner may determine; except that where a precious mineral or non-precious metal is exported to a refinery approved by the Commissioner, the value shall be the gross sum realized as shown by the original sales account to be produced to the Commissioner.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph
(c) of sub-regulation (2) of this regulation, the gross sum realized shall be
the sum realized without any reduction or abatement for transport, marketing, insurance, returning or any other charges or whatsoever.
74.(1) An application for a mineral dealer’s licence under section 70 of the Act
shall be in Form XIV and a mineral dealer’s licence shall be in Form XXIII in the First Schedule to these Regulations; and there shall be paid for every such licence the applicable fee specified in the Third Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) Minerals obtained under a mineral right or under a mineral dealer’s licence may only be exported under an export permit granted by the Commissioner.
(3) An application for an export permit under section 116 of the Act shall
be in Form XIII in the First Schedule to these Regulations, accompanied by the
applicable fee specified in the Third Schedule to these Regulations; and an export permit shall be in Form XXXVII in the First Schedule to these Regulations.
75.(1) An application for a goldsmith’s licence under section 73 of the Act shall be made to the Commissioner in Form XV of the First Schedule to these Regulations, accompanied by the applicable fee specified in the Third Schedule to these Regulations, and the licence shall be in Form XXIV in the First Schedule to these Regulations. 

Reference of the measure

Part II 72, Part III 74 &75(1) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Minerals 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Uganda