Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

12 October 2009 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instruments No. 56 of 2009 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Petroleum (Marking and Quality Control) Regulations, 2009 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

6 (1) An officer may take a sample of a reasonable quantity, not exceeding 500 ml of a petroleum product, from a petroleum depot, retail outlet, non-retail consumers outlet, oil tanker, and any other point throughout Uganda for the purposes of carrying out test and examination to determine the level of the marker in the sample and the respective quality of the petroleum product.
(2) The results of a test or analysis done under subregulation (1) shall be made available to the Ministry, Uganda Revenue Authority, Uganda National Bureau of Standards, brand owner, importer and owner of the petroleum product. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 6 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Petroleum products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.