Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B83: Certification requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

22 September 1989 

Publication where the measure is specified

Control of Agricultural Chemicals Act CAP 29 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Control of Agricultural Chemicals Act CAP 29 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

3 (1) No person shall import into or sell in Uganda any agricultural chemical unless that chemical has been registered, packed and labelled in accordance with regulations made under this Act and conforms to the standards specified in the regulations.

14. Certificate of an analyst.
(1) Subject to this section, a certificate of an analyst stating that he or she has examined a sample submitted to him or her by an inspector and stating the result of his or her examination shall be admissible in evidence in proceedings under this Act or any regulations made under it and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the certificate. 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 3 (1); and 14 (1) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Agricultural Chemicals 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.