Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 81 of 6 August 2015 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Environment Protection (Banning of Plastic Bags) Regulations 2015 

Country/Region applying the measure

Mauritius 

The rationale of the measure

None specified 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

4. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall import, manufacture, sell or supply a plastic
bag.
(2) The Minister may, in the case of a disaster, allow the import, manufacture, sale,
supply of a plastic bag. 

Reference of the measure

Article 4 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Plastic bags designed to carry goods purchased at a
point of sale. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world