Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A31: Labelling requirements 

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

79(3) No person shall bottle matured rum or matured local rum unless—
(c) every bottle bears a label on which shall be inscribed in a legible manner—
(i) the name and address of the factory in which the matured rum or matured local rum was manufactured;
(ii) a serial number relating to the bottling operation; and
(iii) a warning notice in the following terms- ―Purchasers are warned that the seal borne by this container should be intact at the time of purchase‖. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 79(3)(c) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Matured rum 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world