Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A14: Authorization requirement for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

01 December 1968 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Plant Variety and Seeds Act. (As amended by Act No. 21 of 1995) 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Plant Variety and Seeds Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health and C: Protection of life and health of plants 

Description of the measure

40. (1) Any person who, without a permit from the Minister as provided by section forty-one, imports any restricted seed into Zambia in contravention of any regulation made by the Minister under section thirty-nine, shall be guilty of an offence.
41. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any regulation made under section thirty-nine, the Minister may, at any time and as often as he deems it expedient, permit the importation into Zambia of any specific restricted seed, or of any specific variety or class of restricted seed.
42. (1) No person may import into Zambia for purposes of sale any prescribed seed for sowing, unless he is a registered seed importer.
43. (1) No registered seed importer shall import any prescribed seed into Zambia unless-
(a) such seed is not restricted seed, the importation of which has been prohibited by regulation made under section thirty-nine;
(b) such seed is not restricted seed, the importation of which has been made subject to conditions or limitations prescribed by regulation made under section thirty-nine and such prescribed conditions or limitations have not been fulfilled or performed;
(c) such seed being restricted seed, the importation of which has been prohibited by regulation made under section thirty-nine, a permit for its importation has issued under the provisions of section forty-one;
(d) such seed being restricted seed, the importation of which has been made subject to conditions or limitations prescribed by regulation made under section thirty-nine and such prescribed conditions or limitations have not been fulfilled or performed, a permit for its importation has issued under the provisions of section forty-one. 

Reference of the measure

Part VII: Section: 40(1) ; 41(1); 42(1); and 43 (1 a, b, c, d) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Seeds 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.