Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P69: Export technical measures, n.e.s. 

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. 

Description of the measure

10. (1) Every licensed importer or exporter of ozone depleting substances, greenhouse gas, ozone depleting substances dependent equipment or greenhouse gas dependent equipment shall in the form and manner and within the time required by the Ozone Office, furnish the Ozone Office with annual reports or other information in connection with—
(a) quantities of ozone depleting substances, greenhouse gases, ozone depleting substances dependent equipment and greenhouse gas dependent equipment imported or exported, used or destroyed by approved means; and
(b) sources of each ozone depleting substance, greenhouse gas, ozone depleting substance dependent equipment and greenhouse gas dependent equipment imported or exported indicating country, address, contact person, address and contact telephone or fax numbers; and
(c) quarterly or half-yearly inventories of ozone depleting substance, greenhouse gas, ozone depleting substance dependent equipment, greenhouse gas dependent equipment indicating total capacity, consumed quantities and projected imports or exports and consumption for the following year.
(2) ) Any person who does not comply with the requirements of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or both such fine and such imprisonment
11. (1) No person shall repair, service, handle, install or decommission an ozone depleting substance, greenhouse gas, ozone depleting substance dependent equipment and greenhouse gas dependent equipment unless he or she has been trained and certified to do any such activity by the National Ozone Office, in accordance with the National Standard on certification.
(2) Retailers, sellers and distributors of ozone depleting substances and greenhouse gases, shall not sell such substances to any person unless he or she has been trained and certified in the handling of such substances by the National Ozone Office.
(3) The owner of the ozone depleting substance dependent equipment or greenhouse gas dependent equipment with a rated charge of ten kilograms to be repaired, serviced, handled, installed or decommissioned shall submit a written request to the National Ozone Office before any work commences.
(4) The National Ozone Office shall supervise, monitor and certify the recovery of refrigerant, installation or decommissioning of ozone depleting substances dependent equipment or greenhouse gas dependent equipment. (5) 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.
12.(1) If the owner or other person having control of ozone depleting substance, greenhouse gas, ozone depleting substance dependent equipment or greenhouse gas dependent equipment wishes to destroy them, he or she shall submit a written statement to the National Ozone Office.
(2) If the Ozone Office grants permission for the goods to be destroyed, an enforcement officer shall be appointed to witness the destruction and when the substance and equipment has been destroyed the enforcement officer shall record the quantities destroyed and sign a certificate of destruction.
(3) Any person who does not comply with the requirements of subsection (1) 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.
13.(1)All importers, exporters or consumers of ozone depleting substances, greenhouse gases, ozone depleting substances dependent equipment and greenhouse gas dependent equipment shall ensure that such products are clearly labeled and packaged to national and international standards. (2) The labels must state clearly, among other things, chemical formulae, chemical name, safety measures, names and addresses of manufacturers, instructions for use and disposal, United Nations number, Chemical Abstract Service numbers and any other relevant information such as “ozone friendly”, “climate friendly”, “ global warming”, or “ozone depleting”. (3) Any person who does not comply with the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) 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 

Reference of the measure

Articles 10 -13 

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