Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

E311: Full prohibition (import ban) 

Date when the measure came into force

05 August 2015 

Publication where the measure is specified

Decreto n.º 16/2015, de 5 de Agosto 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulation on the Management and Control of the Plastic Bag 

Country/Region applying the measure

Mozambique 

Coded list of objectives

E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

1. The following shall be prohibited under this Regulation:
(a) Production, importation, retailing or wholesale of plastic bags with a thickness of less than 30 micrometers;
(b) Free distribution of plastic bag in all the places where the commercial activity is carried out;
(c) Marketing or distribution of a plastic bag containing more than 40% of recycled material in establishments marketing foodstuffs.
2. It is an exception to the provisions of paragraph a) of the previous paragraph, the plastic bag used for the weighing of food products and the one specifically used for packaging urban solid waste.
3. A plastic bag produced in the free zone for export shall also be an exception to the provisions of paragraph 1 (a) of this Article. 

Reference of the measure

Article 4 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Plastic bags 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.