Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B9: TBT Measures n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

28 March 2014 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instruments 2014, No. 34 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The National Drug Policy And Authority (Importation And Exportation of Drugs) Regulations, 2014. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

4 (1) An application for a licence to import drugs shall be made using Form 23 in the Schedule to these Regulations and shall be accompanied by the licence of the licensed person and the prescribed fees.
5 (6) A person authorised to import a narcotic drug or psychotropic substances shall, within 30 days from the date of receipt of the drugs, make returns to the Authority and shall after the importation, hand over the permit to the Authority.
11 (1) For the purposes of regulation 10, the person who re-exports drugs that are refused entry into Uganda, shall make an application for verification to the Authority and the application shall be accompanied by the relevant invoices and other documents related to the drugs including the exact point of destination of the drugs and the prescribed fees.
16 (1)The person who donates the drug and the recipient of the drug shall agree, prior to the importation, on the responsibility for the costs of-
(a) the international and national transportation of the donated drug;
(b) the customs warehousing and storage; and
(c) the clearing and other ancillary activities.
17(2) The certificate of donation shall indicate the conditions to be fulfilled by the recipient, if any, the name of the manufacturer of the drug, the name of the drug and its batch number, the dates of manufacture and expiry of the drug and any other condition as the authorised person may deem fit.
20(4) Where the Authority refuses to allow drugs for donation, due to the poor quality of the drugs, the drugs shall be destroyed by the Authority at the cost of the importer.
(5) The Authority may order the destruction of drugs imported for donation which does not comply with the requirements of these Regulations at the cost of the donor and the recipient. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Regulations 4(1); 5 (6) and 11 (1)
Form 23
Part III Regulations 16 (1); 17 (2) and 20 (4) & (5) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Narcotic drug ; psychotropic substances; drugs 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.