Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B83: Certification requirement 

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

13 (1) Where the product to be registered by the Authority is manufactured outside Uganda, the product shall be registered in the country of manufacture, prior to registration in Uganda.
(2) The applicant for registration of a product manufactured outside Uganda shall furnish the Authority with a certified copy of the certificate of registration issued by the country of manufacture and the conditions of registration, if any.
(3) Notwithstanding the requirements of this regulation, the applicant may submit a certificate of pharmaceutical product issued under the World Health Organisation Certification Scheme or any other scheme approved by the Authority, on the quality of a pharmaceutical product moving in international commerce instead of the certificate of registration.
22 The Authority shall issue a certificate of registration for a herbal medicine product in the prescribed Form 3 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
30 (1) The Authority shall issue a certificate of registration for a surgical instrument which is registered under these Regulations.
(2) The certificate of registration shall be in the prescribed Form 8 of Schedule 7 to these Regulations. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Regulation 13 (1), (2) & (3); Regulation 22, Form 3
Part III Regulation 30 (1) & (2); Form 8 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Drugs;Herbal medicine products; Surgical instruments 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.