Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B42: TBT regulations on transport and storage 
Date when the measure came into force
04 September 1998 
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
Article 4: General Obligations
7. Furthermore, each Party shall:
(b) Require that hazardous wastes and other wastes that are to be the subject of a transboundary movement be packaged, labelled, and transported in conformity with generally accepted and recognised international rules and standards in the field of packaging, labelling, and transport, and that due account is taken of relevant internationally recognised practices 
Reference of the measure
Schedule: Basel Convention; Sub-Article 4(7)(b) 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
PG: 42 Hazardous wastes No    
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 Hazardous wastes and other wastes that are to be the subject of a transboundary movement    
Description
Hazardous wastes and other wastes that are to be the subject of a transboundary movement 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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