Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
P19: Technical export measures n.e.s 
Date when the measure came into force
04 September 1999 
Publication where the measure is specified
Laws of Botswana Chapter 65:06 Waste Management Act 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Waste Management Act 
Country/Region applying the measure
Botswana 
The rationale of the measure
To protect human health and the environment by controlling and restricting the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes. 
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health and E: Protection of the environment 
Description of the measure
12. Registration of waste carrier
(1) The provisions of this section shall come into effect 12 months after the coming into operation of this Act.
(2) Subject to subsection (6), no person shall cause or effect the movement of controlled waste within Botswana or the trans-boundary movement of controlled waste without being registered as a waste carrier under the provisions of this section:
Provided that any person carrying on business as a waste carrier before the commencement of this Act or such other person as the Minister may determine on the recommendations of the Director, may, upon being registered, continue in such business or commence operations of such business pending the determination of the application for a licence under section 13. 
Reference of the measure
Article 12 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
3825 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter. Yes Household, industrial, commercial, clinical waste    
PG: 42 Hazardous wastes No    
Description
"Controlled waste" which includes the waste defined as household, industrial, commercial, clinical or hazardous waste 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
Entire world