Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A84: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

17 June 1987 

Publication where the measure is specified

Regulation on Imported Food 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulation on Imported Food 

Country/Region applying the measure

Mozambique 

The rationale of the measure

Consumer health's protection 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

Article 4: Imported food will be subject, in origin, to compulsorily inspection and quality testing, at the seller's expenses, and these tests shall be made by firms or entities with recognized skills and qualified for such activities.
Article 5: In all the cases, inspection certificates on food quality shall be issued, according to Article 4, in addition to the certificate of origin or other required documents.
Article 6: It is reserved, in accordance to the purchase agreement, the right of the importing entity to carry out inspection and analyses at the embarkation or other point agreed by the parties, to the food to be purchased, and the expenses can be shared by both parties, according to agreed contractual conditions.
Article 7(1): Copies of the documents referred to in Article 5 shall be sent by the seller, by air, as a registered mail, to the importer, without prejudice to other obligations stated in the purchase and sale agreements.
Article 7(2): Such documentation must be in the importer's possession before the arrival of goods.
Article 8: The obligations under Articles 5 and 7 shall be mentioned in the purchase agreement.
Article 9: Seller shall, upon request by the importer, send a quality certificate of the additives used in the product, accompanied by a declaration that they have passed the food purity test.
Article 10: Imported food shall be mandatorily inspected by Health and Agricultural Services, and may eventually be subjected to control analysis, according to the inspection decision, upon disembarkation at ports or airports or when crossing the border.
Article 11: The inspection at the country's entry point is extended to the means of transport and shall comply with the requirements set out by the Ministerial Decree 51/84 of 3 October. 

Reference of the measure

Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Food 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.