Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B19: Import authorization/licensing related to technical barriers to trade not elsewhere specified 

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

26. The Agency may, upon application by a person, approve the importation of hazardous waste into Zambia if —
(b) the hazardous waste will be imported into Zambia for the purpose of reuse, recycling, recovery, pre-treatment and treatment;
(c) the facility to which the hazardous waste is destined has the capacity to re-use, recycle, recover, pre-treat and treat the hazardous waste;
(d) the hazardous waste is not or does not contain radioactive waste or material

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.
44. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), a person shall not use, sell, offer for sale, distribute, import, export or in any manner deal with a controlled substance or a product containing a substance within a group set out in the Fifteenth Schedule on or after the date of prohibition set out in the last column of the Fifteenth Schedule in respect of that substance.
(2) A person shall not import a vehicle fitted with an air conditioner or refrigeration unit unless the vehicle’s cooling unit is fitted with chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) free coolant 

Reference of the measure

PART IV: Section 26b-d
PART V: Section 31(1,2)
PART VI: Section 44(1) ; Fifteenth Schedule
PART VI: Section 45(2) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Hazardous waste
Pesticide or toxic substance
Controlled substance or a product containing a substance
Vehicle fitted with an air conditioner or refrigeration unit 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.