Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B81: Product registration/approval requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

05 April 2003 

Publication where the measure is specified

Industrial and Consumer ( Chemicals Management and Control ) Act , 2003 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Industrial and Consumer Chemicals Short (Management and Control) Act, 2003, 

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

11-(I) An application for the registration of a chemical shall be submitted to the Chief Government Chemist in the prescribed manner and form, as set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.
11 (2) Registration of a chemical may be applied for by - (a) the Producer,of the chemical; (b) the marketing firm, if the
chemical is to be marketed for the first time in Mainland Tanzania; or (c) the importer and exporter of that chemical.
11 (4) An application for registration of a chemical shall contain - (a) the name and address of the applicant; (b) the hazardous category of the chemical substance; (c) the details of its composition, particularly the nature and quantity of its ingredients, using the commonly employed scientific nomenclature; (d) the details of the intended use.
11 (9) All chemicals that appear under the Third and Sixth Schedule shall require registration.
12. Without prejudice to the generality of section I 1, an applicant for registration of a chemical, shall comply to the requirements provided for under the provisions of section 11 (4) (a) to (d) of this Act.
22.-(I) The registration of a chemical shall be valid for a period of five years and for a provisional clearance shall be two years. 

Reference of the measure

Part III
Regulation 11(1, 2(c) , 4, and 9) ;Regulations 12 ; 22(1)
Second Schedule 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Chemicals 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.