Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A64: Storage and transport conditions 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 1968 

Publication where the measure is specified

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETING ACT 

Regulation where the measure is specified

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETING (MAIZE AND PRODUCE BOARD) (MOVEMENT OF REGULATED PRODUCE) REGULATIONS, 1968 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

3. (1) Subject to the provision of paragraph (2), no regulated produce in respect of which
a compulsory marketing order under section 8 of the Act is in force, shall be moved
whether by headload, pack animal, road vehicle, train, vessel or otherwise, except under
and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a written permit issued by the Maize
and Produce Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, or by some persons authorized
in writing by the Board for that purpose.
(2) The provision of paragraph (1) shall not apply—
(a) to the movement of regulated produce by the producer from its place of
production by the most direct or normal route to the producer’s store or to
the nearest trading centre or market within the district in which it is
produced, for sale to the Board or its authorized agent;
(b) to the movement, within the district in which it is produced, and in quantities
not exceeding those specified in the Schedule, of regulated produce
specified in the Schedule which is—
(i) packed or contained separately from the produce of any person other
than the owner;
(ii) accompanied throughout such movement by the owner; and
(iii) intended for the consumption of the owner and his family residing in
the district in which it was produced. 

Reference of the measure

Section 3 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Agriculture products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.