Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A64: Storage and transport conditions 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2017 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya 

Regulation where the measure is specified

COFFEE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 2017 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

25. (1) All coffee shall be stored in warehouses duly licensed by the Authority in consultation with the county governments. (2) No premises shall be designated as a coffee warehouse by the Authority unless the premises are inspected, approved, and registered as such. (3) A licensed warehouse shall conform to the standards issued by the Kenya Bureau of Standards and shall be duly certified by a public health officer. (4) The Authority shall cause warehouses and warehousing activities to be inspected on a regular basis. (5) No warehouseman shall have a lien of any nature over coffee whether in his possession or not. (6) Every warehouseman shall insure all coffee in his warehouse or under his custody against fire, theft and other insurable risk. (7) No coffee shall be removed from a warehouse without a coffee warrant issued by the Exchange and registered with the warehouseman. (8) A person who operates a warehouse in contravention of this Regulation commits an offence. 

Reference of the measure

PART V—COFFEE TRADE AND MARKETING 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

coffee 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.