Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B15: Authorization requirements for importers 

Date when the measure came into force

01 November 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6 November 2015 

Regulation where the measure is specified

MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ACT, 1996 (ACT NO. 47 OF 1996) ESTABLISHMENT OF STATUTORY MEASURE: REGISTRATION OF PRODUCERS, PROCESSORS, IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS OF PECAN NUTS AND PECAN NUT PRODUCTS 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

2.The purpose and aims of the statutory measure is to compel the parties set out herein to register with the South African Pecan Nut Producers Association NPC (SAPPA). Registration is necessary to assist SAPPA in ensuring that continuous, timeous and accurate information relating to the products as defined, is available to all role players. Market information is deemed essential for all role players in order for them to make informed decisions. By combining compulsory registration with the keeping of information and the rendering of returns on an individual basis, market information for the whole of the industry can by processed and disseminated and will form the basis for the collection of levies where applicable and appropriate.
The establishment of the measure would assist in promoting the efficiency of the marketing of pecan nuts and pecan nut products. The viability of the pecan nut industrywill thus be enhanced. The measure will not be detrimental to the number of employment opportunities or fair labor practice.
The measure will be administered by SAPPA, a non-profit company established in terms of the Companies Act (as amended), 2008 (Act 71 of 2008). SAPPA will implement and administer the measure as set out in the Schedule. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

Registration of parties concerned
5.(1) All producers, growers, processors, packers, importers and exporters of pecan nuts and/or pecan nut products shall register with SAPPA in the manner prescribed in clause 6.
(2)Each person or entity who becomes a producer, grower, processor, packer, importer and/or exporter of pecan nuts and/or pecan nut products shall register with SAPPA.
(3)A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or processor or importer or exporter.
(4) A person who is a producer as well as a processor or importer or exporter shall register as a producer and as processor or importer or exporter.
Application for registration
6. Application for registration shall –
(1) be made within thirty (30) days of the commencement of this statutory measure, and in the case of a person becoming a party as contemplated in clause 5 after such date of commencement, within thirty (30) days of becoming such a party;
(2) be made on the application form obtainable free of charge from SAPPA;
(3) be submitted, when forwarded by post, to – SAPPA
PO Box 32140 TOTIUSDAL 0127
(4) when delivered by hand, be delivered to – SAPPA
353 24th Avenue Villieria
Pretoria 0186
(5) when sent by telefax, be addressed to – 012 329 9869
(6) when sent by E-mail, addressed to – admin@sappamail.net
Commencement and period of validity
7.This statutory measure shall come into operation on 1 March 2016 and will lapse 4 years later. 

Reference of the measure

Section 5-6 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

pecan nuts and pecan nut products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries