Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B33: Packaging requirements 

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

8. The inner primary package of an imported drug shall be sealed in such a way that the drug is not accessible, got in contact with or tampered with without damaging the seal.
15 (1) The drug imported for the purposes of donation shall be delivered in the original primary and secondary containers or packages of the drug.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, only a drug that is delivered in the original primary and secondary containers or packages and which has not been opened at the time the drug is allowed entry into Uganda, shall be allowed for the purposes of donation.
15(6) The drug imported for purposes of donation shall be packed in a strong tertiary container, and where there are more than one containers, the containers shall be sequentially numbered.
24 The inner primary package of a drug for export shall be sealed in such a way that the drug cannot be reached or tampered with, without damaging the seal. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Regulation 8
Part III Regulation 15(1), (2) and (6)
Part IV Regulation 24 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Drugs 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.