Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P69: Export technical measures, n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

01 June 1981 

Publication where the measure is specified

Minerals and Mining Act CAP 61:01 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Mines and Minerals ( Reserved Minerals) Regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Malawi 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

8. Exportation of reserved minerals
(1) No person shall export a reserved mineral, unless—
(b) the reserved mineral is packed in a sealed parcel addressed to a named consignee and marked with a stamp of the Department of Geological Survey approved by the Minister, certifying the mass and description of the reserved mineral.
(2) A person intending to apply for an export permit to export a reserved mineral shall, before making the application, send the reserved mineral to the Department of Geological Survey, P.O. Box 27, Zomba, or to such other address of that Department as the Chief Geologist may specify in respect of any district or number of districts. Upon receipt of the reserved mineral, the Department of Geological Survey shall certify its mass and description and shall pack it in a sealed parcel and clearly mark on the parcel the name and address of the consignee of the reserved mineral and its mass and description so certified; but so, however, that where a parcel contains several reserved minerals the mass and description of each shall be marked on the parcel. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 8 (1)(b); 8 (2); 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Minerals 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.