Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

30 January 2015 

Publication where the measure is specified

Industrial and Consumer ( Chemicals Management and Control ) Regulations Government Notice No. 25published on 30/1/2015 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Industrial and Consumer ( Chemicals Management and Control) Regulations , 2015 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

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

Description of the measure

4(2) An importer or exporter of chemicals shall ensure that, all information and shipping documents and package are legible, in indelible print and be written in English or Kiswahili languages.
50. An importer, exporter, producer, distributor, seller, user or warehouse operator shall affix a label on the chemical to be imported, exported, transported, produced, distributed, sold , used or stored in the form and standard prescribed in the Nineteenth Schedule to these Regulations. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Regulation 4 (2);
Part XII Regulation 50 ; Nineteenth Schedule - ICC 10 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Chemicals 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.