Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B89: Conformity assessment related to TBT 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

14 (3) The drug imported for the purposes of donation shall have a remaining shelf life of at least one year, calculated from the date the drug is allowed entry into Uganda, at a port of entry.
(4) A vaccine and any other biological product imported for the purposes of donation shall have at least three quarters of its stated shelf life, remaining, at the time the vaccine or biological product is allowed entry into Uganda at the port of entry. 

Reference of the measure

Part III regulation 14 (3) & (4) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Drugs 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.