Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

08 September 1993 

Publication where the measure is specified

NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

Any person who, without lawful authority, imports or exports any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance listed in the Second Schedule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years. 

Reference of the measure

PART III: Regulation 7
SECOND SCHEDULE : PART I AND PART II 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Narcotic drug or psychotropic substance 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.