Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B15: Authorization requirements for importers 

Date when the measure came into force

01 July 1989 

Publication where the measure is specified

Fisheries Principal regulationa, Government Notice No 317 published 15/9/1989 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Fisheries Principal regulations 1989 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

11.-(1)Fishing vessels shall be classified for licensing purposes in classes enumerated in part (a) of the Third Schedule of these Regulations and fees payable for such licences shall be those stated in part (a) of the Third Schedule against each class and upon payment of the said fee and subject to compliance with the provisions of the Act and of these Regulations licensing authorities may issue licences which shall be in the appropriate Form 4 prescribed in the First Schedule of these Regulations.
(2) Any fishing vessel brought into the country whether owned by citizen or non-citizen shall be registered under these Regulations and have licences under non-citizen conditions until such a time the vessel has been properly imported into the country and registered under the Merchant shipping Act No. 43 of 1967.
Exemption:This part of Regulation shall not apply to Government or public corporation owned vessels.
(3) No person shall use for fishing purposes any vessel of a class specified in part (a) of the Third Schedule of these Regulations, unless has a valid licence in respect of such vessel issued in accordance with these Regulations.
(4) No person shall employ cause or permit any other person to use a vessel which such first mentioned person is prohibited from using by the provisions of paragraph (3) of the Regulation.
(5) Application for fishing vessel licences shall be made in the appropriate Form 3 prescribed
in the First Schedule of these Regulations.
(6) Licences permitting the use of the a vessel for fishing purposes shall be in the appropriate Form 4 prescribed in the First Schedule of these Regulations 

Reference of the measure

Part III Section A para 11 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

fishing Vessels 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries