Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

01 May 2001 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Notice No. 33. of 2001 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Environment Protection (Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle Permit) Regulations 2001 

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

3. (1) No responsible person shall bottle or cause to be bottled any beverage in a PET bottle unless he is in possession of a permit.
(2) An application for a permit shall be made in the form set out in the First Schedule.
FIRST SCHEDULE
[Regulation 3(2)]
Application for a permit in respect of the collection, recycling/export of PET Bottles 

Reference of the measure

Article 3 and First Schedule 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Notes

The text in Article 3 appears to be about bottling beverages but Fist Schedule speaks only about exporting PET bottles 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

PET Bottles 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world