Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

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, Farm Feeds and Remedies (Farm Feeds) Regulations. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Malawi 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

5. Import of experimental remedy
(1) No person, except an approved research institution, shall import into Malawi any experimental remedy unless he is authorized in writing on Form P.R. 3 set out in the Third Schedule, by the registering officer to do so. No details of the remedy need be given at this stage except name, active ingredient, toxicity, approximate quantity and intended use.
(2) Any person who imports an experimental remedy shall, not later than seven days after the arrival of the remedy in Malawi, complete in triplicate, and forward to the registering officer Form P.R. 4 set out in the Fourth Schedule, except that where an experimental remedy is imported by an approved research institution, such an institution shall, at the discretion of the registering officer, only be required to supply the registering officer with the name or designation and intended experimentation of the experimental remedy using Form P.R. 6 set out in the Sixth Schedule.
12. (c) where there is no data available concerning a remedy, no additional importations shall
be permitted except as provided for in regulation 5. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 5
Form P.R.3, Third schedule; Form P. R. 4 FourthSchedule- Application for importation of a remedy to be used only for experiment
Regulation 12 (c) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Experimental Remedies 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.