Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 May 2002 

Publication where the measure is specified

Pesticides Act CAP35:03 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Pesticides Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Malawi 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

[Ch3503s29]29. Labels
(1) No person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale, or hold in stock for sale, any pesticide unless it is in a container which prominently displays a clearly legible label which has been approved by the Board and is firmly attached to the container.
(2) The text of the label and of any publication relating to a pesticide which is intended to be distributed or displayed with the pesticide shall be in English and in any other language or languages spoken in Malawi which the Board may require, and shall comply with such other requirements as may be prescribed. 

Reference of the measure

Part VI Section 29 (1, 2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Pesticides 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.