Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

31 March 2015 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 38600 of March 31, 2015 

Regulation where the measure is specified

National Environmental Management Threatened Or Protected Species Regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

None specified 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

General circumstances relating to the prohibition to import, export, re-export or introduce from the sea a
listed threatened or protected species
73. (2) A person may not export or re-export a specimen of a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicomis) or a white
rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), or a specimen of an Encephalartos species, unless it is
authorized-
(a) by a permit issued in accordance with these Regulations; and
(b) to the extent applicable, in terms of the CITES Regulations. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 73. (2) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicomis), a white
rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), and a specimen of an Encephalartos species 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world