Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B31: Labelling requirements 

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

8.(1) Any person who wishes to import into Zimbabwe any pesticides may apply for a permit to do so, if such a person's core business is the buying and the selling of pesticides:
Provided the pesticides are locally registered and bear the company name, registration number, pesticide name and formulation, source of pesticide, amount paid for pesticides and receipt number and expiry date for pesticides
(3) Any person who wishes to import an pesticide in terms of subsection (1), shall –
(a) ensure that an extra 100ml is available as part of the consignment , for the purpose of random sampling and the analysis by inspectors; and
(b) ensure that the products bear Zimbabwean labels: and
(c) have a valid registration certificate
12. (1) No person shall sell any pesticide unless the label is securely affixed to the container, and clearly as indelibly marked in the English or any other indigenous language, recognised in Zimbabwe where a registering officer considers appropriate an indigenous language: Provided that, if an indigenous language is used, an accurate translation shall be lodged at the time of registration with the registering officer.
(2) The label, which shall be identical in all respects to that approved by a registering officer in terms of section 3, shall state –
(a) the company brand or symbol ; and
(b) the brand name of the pesticide; and
(c) the registration number which the pesticide is registered; and
(d) the net quantity by mass or the volume in the container ; and
(e) the purposes for which the pesticide has been registered; and
(f) the directions for use of the pesticide; and
(g) such information as is prescribed in the appropriate hazardous substance regulations ; and
(h) any other information which a registering officer may approve or consider to be necessary.
(3) Pesticides transported within the borders of Zimbabwe to the premises where they are further processed , packed or repacked for the retail trade shall be clearly and indelibly marked with the particulars prescribed in paragraphs (a), (b) , (c),(d), (g) and (h)of subsection (2).
(4) An equilateral triangle shall be printed on, or securely affixed to, the main panel of the label in a colour approved by a registering officer.
(5) The triangle referred to in subsection (4) shall be coloured purple, red, amber or green-
(a) as specified in the appropriate hazardous substances regulations; or
(b) as approved by the Hazardous Substances and Articles Control Board, in terms of those regulations.
(6) The triangle of approved colour shall be located on the label in a position directly below the brand name of the pesticide, and the composition and the registered number of the pesticide, and the net mass or volume of the container shall appear directly above or below the triangle, which shall be delineated from the rest of the label by a black border or a black border on white background to emphasize the approved colour.
(7) No detail other than the composition ad registered number of the pesticide and the net mass or volume of the container shall appear in a position between the brand name of the pesticide and the triangle approved colour .
(8) Except with the permission of a registering officer, no label shall contain any information or matter other than that provided for in this section.
(9) No label , once it has been approved by the registering officer , shall be altered in any manner whatsoever without written approval of the registering officer, unless the alteration is made at the direction of the Hazardous Substances and Articles Control Board, and the registering officer has been notified that it is to be made. 

Reference of the measure

Art 8(3)(b) and Art 12 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Pesticides 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries