Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

C1: Pre-shipment inspection 

Date when the measure came into force

26 August 1999 

Publication where the measure is specified

Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations 1999 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations 1999 

Country/Region applying the measure

Mauritius 

The rationale of the measure

No specific objective stated 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

4. Second-hand (used/reconditioned) motor vehicles as follows:-
(a)Motor cars, dual purpose vehicles (including 2x4 and 4x4 double-cab truck but excluding van and double cab heavy duty lorry); should
(vii) be covered, except where the vehicle is imported by the categories of importers specified in paragraphs 1 to 6 in Part I of the Eighth Schedule, by an inspection certificate in the form specified in the Sixth Schedule or containing the particulars and information required in the Sixth Schedule issued by a branch of Bureau Veritas or Societe Generale de Surveillance (S.G.S) or a competent authority in the exporting country recognised by the Permanent Secretary, or with-regard to Japan, South Africa and the United Kingdom by the authorities specified in the Seventh Schedule certifying –
(A) that the vehicle has been inspected not earlier than 2 months before the date of shipment; and
(B) the roadworthiness and usability of the vehicle;
(viii) be covered by a document issued by the appropriate authority in the exporting country and/or in the country of origin, acceptable by the Permanent Secretary as an evidence that the vehicle is not a stolen one;
(ix) have been first registered not later than in the year following the year of their manufacture;
(x) not be fitted with any bull bar. 

Reference of the measure

Fifth Schedule (regulation 5(6) and 10) (Conditions under which the goods should be imported); para 4(vii) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Used motor cars, dual purpose vehicles (including 2x4 and 4x4 double-cab truck but excluding van and double cab heavy duty lorry); 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world