Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 
Date when the measure came into force
21 September 2012 
Publication where the measure is specified
Statutory Instrument 144 of 2012 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Pesticides Regulations, 2012 
Country/Region applying the measure
Zimbabwe 
The rationale of the measure
Not stated in the regulations 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
7(1) No person shall import into Zimbabwe any experimental pesticide unless he or she is authorized, in writing, by a registering officer to do so.

(2) Any person who imports into Zimbabwe any experimental pesticide shall , no later than seven days after the arrival of the pesticide in Zimbabwe , complete , in triplicate and forward to a registering officer Form P5 , prescribed in the First Schedule: Provided that , where an experimental pesticide is imported by a recognised research institution , it shall if a registering officer so permits be sufficient for the recognised research institution to supply the registering officer with the name or designation only of the experimental pesticide.
(5) It shall be the condition for the importation of experimental pesticides that plants treated with experimental pesticides shall not be sold or disposed of for consumption without the written authority of a registering officer.
Reference of the measure 
Reference of the measure
Art 7(1), (2)and (5) 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
3808.91.10 Insecticides in containers exceeding 20l or 5kg No    
3808.91.90 Other No    
3808.92.10 Fungicides in containers exceeding 20l or 5kg No    
3808.92.90 Other No    
3808.93.10 In containers exceeding 20 l or 5 kg No    
3808.93.90 Other No    
3808.94.10 In containers exceeding 20 l or 5 kg No    
3808.94.90 Other No    
3808.99.10 In containers exceeding 20 l or 5 kg No    
3808.99.90 Other No    
Description
Any experimental pesticides i.e. chemicals to be assessed in Zimbabwe for primary biological activity as a pesticide, and not available to the public as a pesticide 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
All countries