Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B33: Packaging 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, Farm Feeds and Remedies (Farm Feeds) Regulations. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Malawi 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health, B: Protection of life and health of animals and C: Protection of life and health of plants 

Description of the measure

8. Containers
(1) No remedy shall be sold, transported or stored unless the registering officer is satisfied that the container in which the remedy is to be packed is of sufficiently durable construction and material.
(2) A container which contains any combustible substance shall be of suitable material.
(3) Remedies which contain inflamable or volutile ingredients shall be packed in durable containers.
(4) No remedy shall be packed in a container that resembles a container of a consumable product. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 8 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Remedies 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.