Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B89: Conformity assessment related to TBT n.e.s.
Date when the measure came into force: 20 December 1996
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 72:03 Telecommunications
Regulation where the measure is specified: Telecommunications Act, 1996
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: None specified
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 21(2) No person who provides a telecommunication service or supplies telecommunication equipment shall use any telecommunication equipment which has not been type approved by the Authority; and no person shall connect, to any telecommunication system, any telecommunication equipment which has not been type approved.
Reference of the measure: Sub-article 21(1)
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage
8517	Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a lo	No
8525	Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders.	No
8527	Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.	No
8528	Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus.	No
8529	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 85.25 to 85.28.	No

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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