Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons 

Date when the measure came into force

07 May 2003 

Publication where the measure is specified

Proclamation No. 2 of 2003 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Chemical Weapons Convention Act 2003 

Country/Region applying the measure

Mauritius 

The rationale of the measure

To eliminate an entire category of weapons of mass destruction by prohibiting the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer or use of chemical weapons. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

12. Chemicals specified in the Second Schedule
(1) No person shall export to, nor import from, a State not Party to the Convention, a chemical specified in the Second Schedule. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 12(1) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

A. TOXIC CHEMICALS:
(1) Amiton: O,O-Diethyl S-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl] phosphorothiolate and corresponding alkylated or protanated salts (78-53-5)
(2) PFIB: 1,1,3,3,3,-Pentafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)-I-propene (382-21-8)
(3) BZ: 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (*) (6581-06-2)
B. PRECURSORS:
(4) Chemicals, except for those listed in Schedule 1, containing a phosphorus atom to which is bonded one methyl, ethyl or propyl (normal or iso) group but not further carbon atoms, e.g. Methylphosphonyl dichloride
Dimethyl methylphosphonate
Exemption: Fonofos: O-Ethyl S-phenyl.
Ethylphosphonothiolothionate
(676-97-1)
(756- 79-6)
(944-22-9)
(5) N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr) phosphoramidic dihalides
(6) Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr) N,N-dialkyl
(Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr)-phosphoramidates
(7) Arsenic trichloride
(7784-34-1)
(8) 2,2-diphenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid (76-93-7)
(9) Quinuclidin-3-ol (1619-34-7)
(10) N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et n-Pr or I-Pr) aminoethyl-2-chlorides and corresponding protonated salts
(11) N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr) aminoethane-2-ols and corresponding protonated salts
Exemptions: N,N-Dimethylaminoethanol and corresponding protonated salts
N,N-diethylaminoethanol and corresponding protonated salts
(108-01-0)
(100-37-8)
(12) N,N-dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr) aminoethane-2-thiols and corresponding protonated salts
(13) Thiodiglycol: Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide
(111-48-8)
(14) Pinacolyl alcohol: 3,3-Dimethylbutan-2-ol (464-07-3)
(*) subject to special thresholds for declaration and verification 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

States that are not parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention