Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 April 1970 

Publication where the measure is specified

CHAPTER 67:04 FERTILIZERS, FARM FEEDS AND REMEDIES ACT 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Fertilizers Regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Malawi 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health, C: Protection of life and health of plants and E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

6. Labelling of containers
(1) The container in which a fertilizer is sold shall be duly and legibly marked or labelled in English with the relevant information set out in the Third Schedule. G.N. 64/1996
(2) Any figures or numerals used for representing the chemical composition of a fertilizer shall be preceded or followed by the appropriate symbol.
15. Labelling of containers
No person shall— G.N. 64/1996
(a) add to or abstract from any fertilizer any substance or portion so as to alter its composition with the intention that the fertilizer so treated may be sold under its name in an altered state;
(b) knowingly sells fertilizer under the brand or name of such fertilizer but altered in its composition. 

Reference of the measure

Part II Regulations 6 ;
Part IV Regulation 15 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Fertiliser 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.