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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: 26 Import of Poisons
(1) No person other than –
(a) a manufacturer;
(b) a licensee of a wholesale pharmacy;
(c) an authorised person;
(d) a pharmacist;
(e) a person who holds a licence under section 27 (1) (b) shall import any poison.
(2) No person shall, unless he holds a permit, import a poison specified in
Part II of the First Schedule.
(3) No person shall, unless he holds a permit issued by the Pesticides
Control Board, import a poison specified in the Third Schedule.
(4) Any person who wishes to import a poison specified in Part II of the First
Schedule shall -
(a) make a written application to the Permanent Secretary;
(b) furnish, in support of his application, such information as the Permanent Secretary may require.
27 Sale of poisons
(1) Subject to section 28, no person, other than a pharmacist, shall sell -
(a) a poison specified in Part I of the First Schedule;
(b) a poison specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule or in the Third or Fourth Schedule unless he holds a licence.
Reference of the measure: Articles 26 and 27(1)
Measure also domestic: No

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage
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
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
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
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: Poisons

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

Description: Entire world

Non-Tariff Barriers

Reporting, Monitoring and Eliminating Mechanism

Non-Tariff Measure

Products affected by the measure.

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.