Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A84: Inspection 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 

Description of the measure

4.– (1) An import shipment or consignment shall be sampled by the inspector and evaluated by the Bureau's duly authorized personnel to determine its compliance with the requirements of the applicable Tanzania standards or the Bureau's recognized international or foreign standards.
(2) Notwithstanding sub-regulation (1), where bilateral agreement has been signed between the Bureau and the exporting country's National Standards Body or recognized accredited laboratory abroad to do the inspection and
evaluation on behalf of the Bureau, the Bureau shall issue Batch Certificate to the importer without collecting
samples for further evaluation.
5.– (1) Where shipments have been certified abroad under sub-regulation (2) of regulation 4, random samples may be taken from the shipment or after release of the shipment and retested by the Bureau.
(2) Where the randomly picked up samples of the imported shipment reveal inconsistencies of the quality of the actual imported products with the test certificates issued in the country of origin, all further subsequent shipments of these products from that country shall be subjected to individual shipment sampling and testing by the Bureau, regardless of the certification abroad.
(3) Individual sampling and testing under sub-regulation (2) shall continue until such a time that consistent quality of the test certificates issued by the country of origin is re-established to the satisfaction of the Bureau.
(4) Where the importer fails to re-establish quality of the test certificates issued by the country of the origin to
the satisfaction of the Bureau, the bilateral agreement may be terminated and the Bureau shall carry out all inspections, sampling and testing of all the products from the country. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Para 4-6 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Food and Food Products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.