Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 
Date when the measure came into force
14 May 2012 
Publication where the measure is specified
Government Gazette Notice ,14 May 2012 
Regulation where the measure is specified
BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 (ACT NO. 10 OF 2004) PROHIBITION OF TRADE IN CERTAIN ENCEPHALARTOS (CYCAD) SPECIES 
Country/Region applying the measure
South Africa 
Coded list of objectives
E: Protection of the environment 
Description of the measure
2. PROHIBITIONS
(1) The following restricted activities involving wild specimens of listed
threatened or protected Encephalartos species, unless if required for conservation or enforcement purposes:
(a) Collect, pluck, uproot, destroy;
(b) Export from the Republic of South Africa , sell , trade, buy;
(c) Receive, give, donate, accept, acquire, dispose;
(d) Import into the Republic of South Africa, convey, move, translocate; or
(e) Possess, exercise physical control (except where permits have been issued, prior to the publication of this notice, for plants that form part of legally obtained parental stock).
(2) The following restricted activities involving artificially propagated specimens of listed threatened or protected Encephalartos species:
(i) The export from the Republic of South Africa of specimens with a stem diameter of more than 15cm, except for the following dwarf species which cannot be exported if the stem diameter is more than 7cm:
E. caffer, E. humilis, E. cupidus, E. cerinus and E. ngoyanus 
Reference of the measure
Section 2 (1)(e) 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
0602.20 - Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts Yes Encephalartos species    
Description
Encephalartos species 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world 14 May 2012  
Description
All countries