Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 
Date when the measure came into force
01 January 1985 
Publication where the measure is specified
Proclamation No. 24 of 1984 
Regulation where the measure is specified
The Pharmacy Act 1983 
Country/Region applying the measure
Mauritius 
The rationale of the measure
None specified 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
25 Import of drugs
(1) No person shall, unless he holds a permit, import a drug other than a poison.
(2) Any person who wishes to obtain a permit shall make a written application to the Board.
(3) On receipt of an application under subsection (2), the Board may refer the application to the Trade and Therapeutics Committee and in the light of the recommendations of the Committee, shall decide whether or not to approve the application.
(4) Where the application is approved by the Board under subsection (3), the
Permanent Secretary shall issue the permit on such conditions as he thinks fit.
(5) No pharmacist in charge of a pharmacy shall, for himself or on behalf of another person, import any drug for sale by wholesale. 
Reference of the measure
Article 25 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
3003.10.00 - Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives No    
3003.20.00 - Containing other antibiotics No    
3003.31.00 -- Containing insulin No    
3003.39.00 -- Other No    
3003.40.00 - Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones or other products of heading 29.37 or antibiotics No    
No    
3003.90.00 - Other No    
3004.10.00 - Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives No    
3004.20.00 - Containing other antibiotics No    
3004.31.00 -- Containing insulin No    
3004.32.00 -- Containing adrenal corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues No    
3004.39.00 -- Other No    
3004.40.00 - Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 29.37 or antibiotics No    
3004.50.00 - Other medicaments containing vitamins or other products of heading 29.36 No    
3004.90.00 - Other No    
Description
Drugs excluding poisons 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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