Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B83: Certification requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

14 August 2015 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Zambia Wildlife Act, 2015 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Zambia Wildlife Act, 2015 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

B: Protection of life and health of animals 

Description of the measure

87 ( 2) Subject to sections eighty-eight, ninety and ninety-one in respect of the import and registration of ivory and rhinoceros horn, a person who imports a prescribed trophy shall, within one month from the date of the import of the prescribed trophy, apply to the Committee for a certificate of ownership in respect of the prescribed trophy under this section.
105(4) A customs officer shall detain the wild animal, trophy or prescribed trophy to which subsection (3) applies and the cost incurred in connection with the detention and storage of the wild animal, trophy or prescribed trophy shall be borne by the importer or exporter, as the case may be, and be recoverable from the importer or exporter as a civil debt to the Government. 

Reference of the measure

PART X : Regulation 87 ( 2)
PART XI : Regulation 105 (5) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Ivory
Rhinoceros horn
Wild animal
Trophy
Prescribed trophy 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.