Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B81: Product registration/approval requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

24 March 2014 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instruments 29 of 2014. 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The National Drug Policy and Authority (Registration) Regulations, 2014. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

4 (2) A person who intends to manufacture, import or export a product shall, prior to the manufacture, importation or exportation of the product, apply to the Authority for registration of the product.
6 (1) An application for registration of a product shall be made to the Authority in the prescribed Form 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations for human or veterinary drugs and preparations and Form 2 of Schedule 2 for vaccines and other immunological products.
19 (1) An application for the registration of an imported herbal medicine product shall be made to the Authority, in the prescribed Form 4 for imported herbal medicine product for human use or Form 5 for imported herbal medicine product for veterinary use, as the case may be, of Schedule 4 to these Regulations. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Regulation 4 (2); Regulation 6 (1): Forms 1 & 2; Regulation 19 (1) Form 4 ; 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Drugs; Human or veterinary drugs and preparations; Vaccines; other immunological products; herbal medicine products for human use; herbal medicine products for veterinary use 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.