Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

24 November 2011 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instruments No.4of 2012 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Atomic Energy Regulations, 2012 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health and E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

83 (2) A person or organisation that intends to import a sealed source containing radioactive material which within ten years after receipt will have an activity greater than 100 MBq shall—
(a) require the supplier, as a condition of any contract for purchase or as acceptance of any gift, to receive the source back after its useful lifetime within one year of the recipient requesting such return, except that the recipient seeks to return the source to the supplier not later than fifteen years after purchase; and
(b) submit to the Council a copy of relevant parts of the contract or acceptance document and obtain the written agreement of the Council before the entering into contract or accepting the source. 

Reference of the measure

Part XI Regulation 83 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Radioactive material 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.