Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 131 of 2016 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Environmental Management (Prohibition and Control of Ozone Depleting Substances, Greenhouse Gases, Ozone Depleting Substances and Greenhouse Gases Dependent Equipment) Regulations, 2016 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

The rationale of the measure

These regulations shall apply to private and public industrial and commercial importers, exporters, producers and consumers of ozone depleting substances and greenhouse gases listed in the Second, Third and Fourth Schedules and ozone depleting substance and greenhouse gas dependent equipment listed in the Fifth Schedule. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

5. (1) Any person who wishes to import or export ozone depleting substance, greenhouse gas, ozone depleting substance dependent equipment or greenhouse gas dependent equipment or any chemical listed in the Third and Fourth Schedules shall apply to the Ozone Office in Form AP1.
6. (1) The Ozone Office shall, as soon as practicable, but in any case not later than sixty days from the date of receipt of an application—
(a) grant the application (subject to such conditions as it may think fit to impose) and issue to the applicant the import or export license applied for; or
(b) refuse the application giving reasons thereof.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the fee for registration paid in terms of section 4 shall be refunded to an unsuccessful applicant.
(3) Where the Ozone Office issues a license in terms of subsection (1), the license shall—
(a) be valid for a period of one year; and
(b) not be transferable to another person.
(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (3)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level eleven or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or both such fine and such imprisonment.

7(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), the Ozone Office may at any time suspend (for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days) or cancel any licence if the Ozone Office has reasonable grounds for believing that—
(a) the licence was issued in error or through fraud or misrepresentation or non-disclosure of a material fact by the licensee; or
(b) the licensee has contravened any provision of the Act or these regulations or any condition of his or her licence; or
(c) the licensee has ceased the licensed importation or exportation.
(2) The Ozone Office shall notify the licensee in writing of its intention to suspend or cancel his or her licence and the reasons for doing so, and shall call upon the licensee to show cause, within 14 days from the date of the notice, why the licence should not be suspended or cancelled, as the case may be:
Provided that if in the opinion of the Ozone Office the licence needs to be immediately suspended or cancelled in the public interest or to avert an environmental emergency he or she can issue the notice requiring the licensee to show cause after suspending or cancelling the licence. (3) If, at the expiry of the period specified in the notice given in terms of subsection (2), and after considering any representations made by the licensee, the Ozone Office is satisfied for any reason specified in subsection (1) that the licence concerned should be suspended or cancelled, the Ozone Office shall, by notice in writing to the licensee, suspend or cancel the licence or take such other action as it considers appropriate. (4) The penalty of suspension is only available where there has been a contravention of any provision of the Act or these regulations or any condition of a licence which, in the opinion of the Ozone Office, is a contravention that can be easily or speedily remediated by the licensee: Provided that —
(a) if after the expiry of the period of suspension the licensee has not taken the remedial action, the Ozone Office shall forthwith cancel the licence; or
(b) on good cause shown by the licensee, the Ozone Office may extend the suspension for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days to allow the licensee to take the required remedial action.
(5) The Ozone Office shall immediately make an appropriate entry in the register of licences where he or she suspends or lifts a suspension of any licence or cancels it in accordance with this section. Amendment and replacement of licences
8(1) The Ozone Office may at any time amend a licence or any terms or conditions of a licence—
(a) to correct any error in the licence ; or
(b) if the licensee requests the amendment; or
(c) if it considers the amendment necessary to reflect the true nature of the licensed activities; or
(d) if for any other reason it considers the amendment necessary or desirable in the interests of the environment or in the public interest.
(2) The Ozone Office shall notify the licensee in writing of its intention to amend a licence on a ground referred to in subsection (1)(a),(c) or (d) and shall call upon the licensee to show cause, within 14 days from the date of the notice, why the licence should not be amended.
(3)Where a licensee requests an amendment to his or her licence, he or she shall make an application to the Ozone Office therefore in Form AP2, together with the prescribed fee.
(4) If in the opinion of the Ozone Office the amendment sought by the licensee is a material amendment, section 6(2),(3),(4),(5) and(6) shall apply as if the application for the amendment is an application for a licence.
(5)Where a licence is lost or destroyed, the licensee may apply to the appropriate licensing authority in Form AP3, together with the prescribed fee, for a replacement licence: Provided that, if the licensee finds the lost licence he or she shall forthwith surrender it to the Ozone Office. 5
(6) Any person who contravenes the proviso to subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level three or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month or both such fine and such imprisonment.
9 (1) The Ozone Office shall establish and maintain a register of licences to be known as the Import and Export Licensing Register, which shall be for the purposes of registering all licensed importers, exporters or consumers of ozone depleting substances, greenhouse gases, ozone depleting substance dependent equipment and greenhouse gas dependent equipment and in which the following shall be recorded—
(a) the name and address of every licensee and the addresses at which he or she operates from; and
(b) the date of issue of every licence and of any renewal thereof; and
(c) any special terms or conditions subject to which any licence is issued or renewed; and
(d) the particulars of any suspension or cancellation or amendment of a licence.
(2) Any person may—
(a) inspect the register of licences free of charge at all reasonable times at the premises of the Ozone Office or at such other place that the Ozone Office may direct; or
(b) obtain copies of or extracts from the register for a prescribed fee.
(3) The Ozone Office shall keep and maintain the register in both material and electronic form. (3) The Ozone Office through an officer tasked with the duty, shall be responsible, subject to any direction given to him or her by the Secretary for Environment, Water and Climate that all consignments are marked clearly, recording—
(a) the name, identity and quantity of imported or exported ozone depleting substances; and
(b) details concerning contact address, labels and the packaging; and
(c) any other particulars that may be required by the Ozone Office.
(3) All imported ozone depleting substances and ozone depleting substance dependent equipment shall be utilized before their phase out.
(4) The officer shall not allow the importation of a substance whose phase-out date has expired. 

Reference of the measure

Articles 5 (1) , 6 -9 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Notes

Implementation date not stated in the document. The date above was arbitrarily entered to allow registration of NTM. It will be adjusted when the date is made available by the NTM manager. 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Third Schedule
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES [ to be prohibited on 1ST JANUARY 2030]
Dichlorofluoromethane CHFCl2 ; Chlorodifluoromethane CHF2Cl ; Monochlorofluoromethane CH2FCl ; Tetrachlorofluoroethane C2HFCl4; Trichlorotrifluoroethane C2HF2Cl3 ; 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-triflouroethane C2HF3Cl2; Dichlorotrifluoroethane CHClFCClF2 ; 2-chloro-1,1,1 2-tetrafluoroethane C2ClH2F4 ; Chlorotetrafluoroethane CHFCLCF3 ; Trichlorofluoroethane C2H2FCl3 ; Dichlorodifluoroethane C2H2F2Cl2 ; Chlorodifluoroethane C2H2F3Cl ; Dichlorofluoroethane C2H3FCl2 ; 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane CH3CFCl2 ; Chlorodifluoroethane C2H2F2Cl ; 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane CH3CF2Cl ; Chlorofluoroethane C2H4FCl ; Hexachlorofluoropropane C3HFCl6 ; Pentachlorodifluoropropane C3HF2Cl5 ; Tetrachlorotrifluoropropane C3HF3Cl4 ; Trichlorotetrafluoropropane C3HF4Cl3 ; Dichloropentafluoropropane C3HF5Cl2 ; 1,1-dichloro-2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropane CF3CF2CHCl2 ; 1,3-dichloro-2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropane CF2ClCF2CHClF ; Chlorohexafluoropropane C3HF6Cl ; Pentachlorofluoropentanes C3H2FCl5 ; Tetrachlorodifluoropropane C3H2FCl5 ; Trichlorotrifluoropropane C3H2F3Cl ; Dichlorotetrafluoropropane C3H2F4Cl ; Chloropentafluoropropane C3H2F5Cl ; Tetrachlorofluoropropane C3H3FCl4 ; Trichlorodifluoropropane C3H3F2Cl3 ; Dichlorotrifluoropropane C3H3F3Cl2 ; Chlorotetrafluoropropane C3H3F3Cl ; Trichlorotetrafluoropropane C3HF4Cl3 ; Dichlorodifluoropropane C3H4F2Cl2 ; Chlorotrifluoropropane C3H4F3Cl ; Dichlorofluoropropane C3H5FCl2 ; Chlorodifluoropropane C3H5F2Cl; Chlorofluoropropane C3H6FCl; Dibromofluoromethane CHFBr2 ; Bromodifluoromethane CHF2Br ; Bromofluoromethane CH2FBr ; Tetrabromofluoroethane C2HFBr4 ; Tribromodifluoroethane C2HF2Br3; Dibromotrifluoroethane C2HF3Br2 ; Bromotetrafluoroethane C2HF4Br ; Tribromofluoroethane C2H2FBr3 ; Dibromodifluoroethane C2H2F2Br2 ; Bromotrifluoroethane C2H2F3Br ; Dibromofluoroethane C2H3FBr2 ; Bromodifluoroethane C2H3F2Br ; 1-Bromo-2-fluoroethane C2H4FBr ; Hexabromofluoropropane C3HFBr6 ; Pentabromodifluoropropane C3HF2Br5 ; Tetrabromotrifluoropropane C3HF3Br4 ; Tribromotetrafluoropropane C3HF4Br3 ; Dibromopentafluoropropane C3HF5Br2 ; Bromohexafluoropropane C3HF6Br ; Pentabromofluoropropane C3H2FBr5 ; Tetrabromodifluoromethane C3H2F2Br4 ; Tribromotrifluoropropane C3H2F3Br3 ; Dibromotetrafluoropropane C3H2F4Br2 ; Bromopentafluoropropane C3H2F5Br ; Tetrabromofluoropropane C3H3FBr4; Tribromodifluoropropane C3H3F2Br3 ; Dibromotrifluoropropane C3H3F3Br2 ; Bromotetrafluoropropane C3H3F4Br; Tribromofluoropropane C3H4FBr3 ; Dibromodifluoropropane C3H4F2Br2 ; Bromotrifluoropropane C3H4F3Br ; Dibromofluoropropane C3H5FBr2 ; Bromodifuoropropane C3H5F2Br; Bromofluoropropane C3H6FBr; Bromochloromethane CH2BrCl

LIST OF HCFC CONTAINING BLENDS AND THEIR COMPOSITION TO BE PHASED OUT ON 1ST JANUARY 2030

CFC-12 CFC-114 ; HCFC-22 HFC-152a HCFC-124 ; HCFC-22 HFC-152a HCFC-124 ; HCFC-22 HFC-152a HCFC-124; HFC-125 HC-290 HCFC-22 ; HFC-125 HC-290 HCFC-22 ; HC-290 HCFC-22 FC-218 ; HCFC-22 Propane PFC-218 ; HCFC-22 HFC-152a HCFC-142b C-318 ; HCFC-22 HC-600a HCFC-142b ; HFC-125 HFC-143a HCFC-22 ; HCFC-22 HCFC-124 HCFC-142b ; HCFC-22 HCFC-124 HCFC-142b ; HC-1270 HCFC-22 HFC-152a ; HC-1270 HCFC-22 HFC-152a ; HCFC-22 FC-218 HCFC-142b ; HCFC-22 HCFC-124 HCFC142b HC-600a ; HCFC-22 HCFC-124; HCFC-142b HC-600a ; Cfc-12 Hfc-152a ; HCFC-22 CFC-12 ; HCFC-22 CFC-115; HFC-23 CFC-13 ; HFC-23 CFC-115 ; CFC-12 HCFC-31 ; HCFC-31 CFC-114; HCFC-124 HFC-143a ; HCFC-22 FC-218 ; HFC-25 HCFC-22 ; HCFC-22 HCFC-142b ; HCFC-22; HCFC-124 HC-600a ; HFC-23; HFC-32 HCFC-124 ; HCFC-124; HFC-134a HC-600a ; HCFC-142b HFC-134a Lubricant ; HCFC-22 HCFC-142b HC-600a ; HCFC-22 HCFC-142b; HFC-227ca HC-600a ; HCFC-22 HFC-152a; HCFC-23 ; HCFC-22 HCFC-123; HCFC-124; C10H16 ; HFC-134a; HCFC-123 HCFC-124; HC ; HCFC-22; HFC-23; HFC-152a

FOURTH SCHEDULE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: GREENHOUSE GASES

1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane ; 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane ; 1,1-Difluoroethane ; 1,2-Difluoroethane ; 1,1,2,2,2-Pentafluoroethane ; 1,1,1-trifuoloroethane ; 2-fluoroethane ; Difuoroethane ; 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptaflouropentane ; 1,2,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane ; 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane ; 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropentane ; 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane ; Trifluoromethane ; Fluoromethane ; 1,1,1,3,3- pentafluopropane ; 1,2,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane ; 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane ; R-143a/R-125/R-134a ; R-143a/R-125 ; R-32/R-125/R-134a ; R-32/R-125/R-134a ; R-32/R-125/R-134a ; R-32/R-125 ; R-23/R-116 ; R-23/R116 ; Carbon dioxide ; Butane ; Iso-butane ; Propane ; Propene 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries