Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

06 December 1951 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Hide and Skin Trade Act 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Hide & Skin Cap 89 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

B: Protection of life and health of animals 

Description of the measure

4. Restrictions on internal purchases by noncitizens.
(3) Notwithstanding this section, any person, whether he or she is a citizen of Uganda or not, may be issued with an exporters-buyers licence for the purposes of purchasing the hides and skins required for any export business he or she may wish to undertake under the provisions of Part III of this Act.
(4) The holder of an exporters-buyers licence shall not purchase any hides or skins—
(a) from any person other than a registered cooperative society or company specified under subsection (2); or
(b) at any place other than at his or her licensed export premises.
8. Exporters-buyers licence.
No person shall export any hide or skin unless he or she is in possession of a valid exporters-buyers licence in the prescribed form issued to him or her by the licensing officer.
9 Issue of exporters-buyers licence and conditions attached to the licence.
(1) Every application for the issue or renewal of an exporters-buyers licence shall be made to the licensing officer in the form and manner prescribed.
(3) The licensing officer may in his or her discretion refuse to issue or renew an exporters-buyers licence if—
(a) in his or her opinion the applicant has insufficient resources or inadequate facilities, or he or she or the staff employed by him or her lack the technical knowledge, to enable him or her to engage in trading in hides or skins for export in the manner required by this Act or by any rules made under this Act;
(5)Every exporters-buyers licence when issued shall be endorsed in respect of all premises at which the exporter is licensed to carry on the business of exporter, and, except if further endorsed in accordance with subsection (8), shall not be valid except in relation to those premises.
(6) An exporters-buyers licence shall not be transferable by the licensee to any other person.
(7) An exporters-buyers licence shall, unless previously cancelled or suspended under the powers conferred by section 10, remain valid for one year after which application shall be required to be made for its renewal. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 4 (3), (4); Regulation 8 and Regulation 9 {1, 3(a), 5, 6, 7} 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Hides and skins 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.