Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

25 December 1998 

Publication where the measure is specified

GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. 672 published on 25/12/98 THE STANDARDS ACT, 1975 (No. 3 of 1975) 

Regulation where the measure is specified

the Standards (Compulsory Batch Certification of Imports) Regulations, 1998 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

3.– (1) Any importer of products covered by compulsory Tanzania standards shall,at least one week before the arrival of their import shipment, apply to the Bureau for the Batch Certificate.
(2) An application made under sub-regulation (1) shall be made in the prescribed forms obtainable from the Bureau or the Tanzania Revenue Authority.
(3) The applicant shall in making an application under this regulation, submit to the Bureau the application forms in triplicates together with the documents listed below:
(a) Packing list;
(b) The Port entry;
(c) Invoice;
(d) Bill of lading or Airway bill;
(e) Clean report of findings from competent authority of the exporting country, if available; and
(f) Test certificate from the country of origin as issued by the National Standards Body thereof; or its recognized testing authority in that country establishing conformity of the import shipment to the requirements of the Tanzania Standards, or Bureau's recognized international or foreign standards.
(4) Where the products covered by the Compulsory Tanzania Standards include foods and food products, the test certificate under paragraph (f) of sub-regulation (3) shall indicate that the foods or food products are consumable in their country of origin 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 3 ,(3)(f) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Food and Food Products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries