Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

C3: Requirement to pass through specified port of customs 

Date when the measure came into force

03 July 2015 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Tanzania Food, Drugs and Cosmetics ACT, 2003 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Tanzania, Food, Drugs and Cosmetics (Control of Medical Devices) Regulations, 2015 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

49.-(1) No person shall bring into Tanzania, medical devices through any entry other than the points entry prescribed in the First Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) The ports of entry prescribed in sub regulation (1) may be amended, varied or added from time to time.
56(2) Subject to sub regulation1, all consignment moved from the ports of entry by direct release administered by Customs Department to other places for storage or for distribution, such places shall be deemed to be the designated ports of entry. 

Reference of the measure

Part V Regulations 49(1) & (2) ; 56(2) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Medical devices 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.