Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance 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

81(2) No person shall manufacture, sell or store denatured alcohol as power alcohol (red) unless the alcohol used for the manufacture contains not more than —
(a) 5 milligrammes of dry matter per 1,000 grammes;
(b) 15 milligrammes of organic acid, calculated as acetic acid, per litre; and
(c) 3 milligrammes of sulphorous or sulphuric acid per litre. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-Article 81(2) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Denatured alcohol 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world