Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: P21: Requirements to pass through specified port of customs for exports
Date when the measure came into force: 24 December 1965
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 74:04 Meat Commission
Regulation where the measure is specified: Botswana Meat Commission Act
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: To provide for the establishment of a commission to be known as the Botswana Meat Commission,to impose certain duties aand confer certain powers on the said commission,to vest in the said commission certain assets and liabilities.
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 21. Control of export of cattle and the licensing of export slaughter-houses
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29 of the Control of Livestock Industry Act the President shall not license any slaughter-house as an export slaughter-house in pursuance of that section unless that slaughter-house is operated, directly, indirectly or in association with others, by the Commission.
Reference of the measure: Sub-article 21(3)
Measure also domestic: No

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 8	Foodstuffs of animal origin	Yes	Edible cattle products

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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