Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P4: Export price-control measures, including additional taxes and charges 

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

10. (1) Where the Authority does not allow imported drugs into Uganda, the importer of the drugs shall re-export the drugs to the supplier, in the country of origin of the drugs, within a period of one month of the decision by the Authority to refuse entry into Uganda.
(2) Subregulation (1) shall apply where the drugs are refused entry into Uganda for reasons other than the quality of the drug.
20 (2) Where the Authority does not allow drugs imported for donation into Uganda, the importer of the drugs shall re-export the drugs to the supplier, in the country of origin of the drugs, within a period of one month of the decision by the Authority to refuse entry into Uganda.
(3) Subregulation (2) shall apply where the drugs imported for donation are refused entry into Uganda for reasons other than the quality of the drug. 

Reference of the measure

Part II regulation 10 (1) and (2)
Part III regulation 20 (2) and (3) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Drugs 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.