Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A83: Certification requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

29 June 2007 

Publication where the measure is specified

Acts Supplement No. 3 Seeds and Plant Act 2007 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Seed and Plant Act 2006 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

B: Protection of life and health of animals, C: Protection of life and health of plants and E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

(7) All plant breeders, both local and foreign shall apply to the certification service for the release of their varieties.
(8) A variety released under subsection (7) shall be eligible for certification and shall be entered on the National Variety List and East African Common Catalogue. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation9 (7) (8 ) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Plants 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.