Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B32: Marking requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 09 February 2007
Publication where the measure is specified: GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. 37 published on 9/2/2007
Regulation where the measure is specified: Seeds Regulations, 2007
Country/Region applying the measure: Tanzania
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 12.-(1) No person shall mark or label a package of seed with a variety name unless that seed is of the variety to which the variety name refers.
(2) No person shall alter the name of a variety on the label of any seed container.
(3) Except for the mixture of lawn, turf grass or forage seed as specified in Tables 8, 9 and 11 set out in First Schedule to these Regulations, no person shall label a package of a mixture of seed with a variety name unless he is authorized in that behalf by the Chief Seed Certification Officer pursuant to Regulation 23, and the seeds to which the variety name refers is one of Tanzania seed class
Reference of the measure: Part V para 12
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 3	Seeds for sowing	No		09 February 2007

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world	09 February 2007

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