Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

C4: Import monitoring, surveillance and automatic licensing measures 

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

6(3) An application for a verification certificate, for each drug to be imported shall state
(a) the generic name of the drug and its strength, and in the case of a drug containing more than one active ingredient,
the name and strength of each active ingredient;
(b) the pharmacopoeial specification of the ingredient such as the B.P. U.S.P;
(c) the total quantity of the drug to be imported;
(d) the name of the manufacturer or supplier of the drugs;
(e) the country of origin of the drug;
(f) the proprietary name of the drug, where applicable; and
(g) the registration number of the drugs. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Regulation 6 (3) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Drugs 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.