Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

24 December 1963 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Explosives Act , 1963 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Explosives Act 1963 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

G: Protection of national security 

Description of the measure

3.-(l) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no person shall import, manufacture, possess, acquire or dispose of any explosive substance unless that substance has been approved by the Commissioner for use in Tanganyika.
14.-(1) No person shall-
(a) import any explosives unless he has first applied for in the permit prescribed form and obtained from the Commissioner an import permit in respect of such explosives, or
(b) unload any explosives from any aircraft, boat, train or vehicle unless the importer of such explosives has prior to such unloading applied for in the prescribed form and obtained from the Commissioner an import permit in respect of such explosives. consider desirable in the interests of safety and security.
16.-(l) The Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, issue to the owner of a magazine or store on application being made therefor in the prescribed form an import permit in the form of a general authority to import explosives and convey them to the magazine or store. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Regulation 14(1) ; Regulation 16 (1) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Explosives 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.