Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

28 July 2017 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Medicines and Allied Substance Act 2013 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Medicines and Allied Substances ( Importation and Exportation ) Regulations , 2017 ( SI 57 of 2017) 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

3(1) A person that intends to import or export any medicine or allied substance shall apply to the Authority for a permit in Form I set out in the Schedule upon payment of the prescribed fee.
4(1)A person that intends to import any medicine or allied substance for personal use shall apply to the Authority for a permit to import medicine or allied substance in Form II set out in the Schedule upon payment of the prescribed fee.
13(1) Subject to subregulation (2), these regulations do not apply to the importation by a traveller entering Zambia of a medicine or allied substance for that traveller's use. 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 3 (1); 4 ( 1) ; 13 ( 1)
FORM I : Application for Importation /Exportation Permit for Medicine or Allied Substance
FORM II :Application for Permit to Import Medicine or Allied Substance for Personal Use 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Medicine
Allied substance 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.