Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B31: Labelling requirements 
Date when the measure came into force
01 January 1973 
Publication where the measure is specified
Rhodesia Government Notice No. 745 of 1973 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Control of Goods (Import of Medicinal Substances and Poisons) Regulations, 1973. 
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
3 (1) No person shall import into Zimbabwe any article consisting of or comprising a substance recommended as, or intended to be used as, a medicine unless there is written so as to be clearly legible on the article or label affixed thereto, or, if the article is imported in a container, on the container or a label affixed thereto, or, if the article is imported in more than one container, on the inner container or a label affixed thereto—
(a) the appropriate designation of the substance so recommended; or
(b) the appropriate designation of each of the active constituents of the substance so recommended, or of each of the ingredients of which it has been compounded, and the appropriate quantitative particulars of the constituents or ingredients, as the case may be.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), any article referred to in that subsection may be imported into Zimbabwe by—
(a) a medical practitioner registered or exempted from registration under any law relating to the registration of medical practitioners;
(b) any person for his own use and not for disposal to any other person. 
Reference of the measure
Art 3 (1) 
Measure also domestic
No 
Notes
Implementation date not stated in the document. The date above was arbitrarily entered to allow registration of NTM. It will be adjusted when the date is made available by the NTM manager. 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
3003.10.00 Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillinic acid structure, or streptomycin or their derivatives No    
3003.20.00 Containing other antibiotics No    
3003.31.00 Containing insulin No    
3003.39.10 Medicaments used in the management of chronic illnesses; approved by the secretary responsible for health No    
3003.90.20 Preparations containing a drug not categorised as prescription preparation No    
3003.90.90 Other No    
3004.10.00 Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives No    
3004.20.00 Containing other antibiotics No    
3004.31.00 Containing insulin No    
3004.32.00 Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues No    
3004.39.10 Medicaments used in the management of chronic illnesses; approved by the secretary responsible for health No    
3004.39.90 Other No    
3004.40.10 Medicaments used in the management of chronic illnesses; approved by the secretary responsible for health No    
3004.40.90 Other No    
3004.50.00 Other medicaments containing vitamins or other products of heading 29.36 No    
3004.90.10 Medicaments used in the management of chronic illnesses; approved by the secretary responsible for health No    
3004.90.20 Preparations containing a drug not categorised as prescription preparation No    
3004.90.90 Other No    
Description
Medicine 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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