Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A12: Geographical restrictions on eligibility 

Date when the measure came into force

05 July 2012 

Publication where the measure is specified

STAATSKOERANT, 11 MEl 2012 No. 35331 3 GOVERNMENT NOTICE 

Regulation where the measure is specified

ANIMAL DISEASES ACT, 1984 (ACT NO. 35 OF 1984) 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health and B: Protection of life and health of animals 

Description of the measure

I, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries hereby publish a notice for general information that, following the public consultation process through General Notice 168 of 2011 , published in Government Gazette No. 34140 of 22 March 2011, the importation of live cloven hoofed animals from countries or zones not recognized as free from Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) by the World Organization for Animal Health (OlE) is not allowed into the Republic of South Africa. This decision serves to protect the livestock industry and other related industries in South Africa against the introduction of animal diseases into the Republic of South Africa. 

Reference of the measure

No 364 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

live cloven hoofed animals 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries