Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A31: Labelling requirements 

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

63. (1) Any person who sells, for sowing, any certified seed in sealed containers shall cause to be printed or stamped upon each such container or on a label or labels attached thereto, or enclosed therein in such a way as to be legible without opening the said container, in clear and legible letters and figures-
(b) in the case of imported certified seed, the words "Imported certified seed" in lieu of the words "quality declared seed" as prescribed by section thirty-seven, the date of test pursuant to section forty-four, and the number of the certificate issued in respect thereof. 

Reference of the measure

PART VII : Section 63(1)(b) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Certified seed 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.