Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
A21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain (non-microbiological) substances 
Date when the measure came into force
18 June 1994 
Publication where the measure is specified
Government Notice No. 102 of 1994 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Excise Regulations 1994 
Country/Region applying the measure
Mauritius 
The rationale of the measure
No specific objective stated 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
34. No fruit wine, fortified fruit wine, island wine, fortified island wine, admixed wine, fortified admixed wine, made wine, fortified made wine, wine or fortified wine shall contain any lead, copper, arsenic or sulphur dioxide the upper limits of which exceed—
(a) in the case of lead, one part per million;
(b) in the case of copper, seven parts per million;
(c) in the case of arsenic, two-tenths of a part per million; and
(d) in the case of sulphur dioxide, 450 milligrams per litre at 20 degrees. 
Reference of the measure
Article 34 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
2204 Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 20.09. Yes Wine    
2206 Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included: Yes Wine    
Description
Fruit wine, fortified fruit wine, island wine, fortified island wine, admixed wine, fortified admixed wine, made wine, fortified made wine, wine or fortified wine 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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