Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

22 November 2013 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument No.112 of 2013- Amendment of Regulations 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Environmental Management (Licensing) Regulations, 2013. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

12. (1) A person who intends to reclaim, re-use, recover, recycle, transport, dispose of, transit, trade in, export waste or collect and dispose of waste from industrial, commercial, domestic or community activities or own, construct or operate a waste disposal site or facility for the permanent disposal or storage of waste shall apply to the Agency for a waste management licence in Form III set out in the First Schedule.
(2) The Agency shall, within thirty days of receipt of an application under sub-regulation (1), approve the application if the applicant —
(a) demonstrates technical capacity to reclaim, re-use, recover, transport, trade in, export or recycle waste; and
(b) has measures and facilities in place to ensure the safe reclamation, re-use, recovery or recycling of waste.
(3) The Agency shall, where it approves an application for a waste management licence, issue the licence in Form IV set out in the First Schedule.
19. (1) A person who intends to generate, pre-treat, treat, handle, transport, store, dispose of, transit, trade in or export hazardous waste shall apply to the Agency for a hazardous waste licence in Form V set out in the First Schedule.
(2) The Agency shall, within thirty days of receipt of an application under sub-regulation (1), approve the application if the applicant—
(a) demonstrates technical capacity to safely generate, pre- treat, treat, handle, transport, store, dispose of, transit, trade in or export hazardous waste; and
(b) has measures and facilities to ensure the safe generation, pre-treatment, treatment, handling,
transportation, storage, disposal of, transit, trade in or export of hazardous waste.
31. (1) A person who intends to manufacture, import, export, store, distribute, transport, blend, process, re-process or change the composition of a pesticide or toxic substance or re-process an existing pesticide or toxic substance for a new use shall apply to the Agency for a pesticide and toxic substance licence in Form VIII set out in the First Schedule.
(2) The Agency shall, within thirty days of receipt of an application under sub-regulation (1), approve the application if the applicant—
(a) demonstrates technical capacity to manufacture, import, export, store, distribute, transport, blend, process, re- process or change the composition of a pesticide or toxic substance or re-process an existing pesticide or toxic substance; and
(b) has measures and facilities to ensure the safe manufacture, importation, exportation, storage, distribution, transportation, blending, processing, re-processing or changing of the composition of a pesticide or toxic substance or re-processing an existing pesticide or toxic substance.
42(1) The following persons shall apply for a licence under this Part—
(a) an importer, exporter, producer or distributor of a controlled substance or ozone depleting substance;
(b) an importer, exporter, producer or distributor of technology or a product which uses or contains a controlled or zone depleting substance
42 (3) The Agency shall, within thirty days of receipt of an application under sub-regulation (1), approve the application if the applicant has measures and facilities to ensure the safe—
(b) importation, exportation, distribution, sale or offer for sale, handling, recycling or reclamation of a substance likely to deplete the ozone layer. 

Reference of the measure

PART III: Section 12 (1,2,3)
PART IV: Section 19 (1,2); FORM VI
PART V: Section 31 (1,2)
PART VI: Section 42 (3b) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Hazardous waste
Pesticide or toxic substance
Controlled substance or ozone depleting substance 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.