Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Mozambique - Fertilizer management regulation

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: Mozambique

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

Endereço: Praça dos Heróis Moçambicanos, Cidade de Maputo - Moçambique
Caixa postal: C.P. 1406
Telefone: +258 21468200 || Linha Verde: +258 843438999
Fax: +258-21-4874121
E-mail:
geral@agricultura.gov.mz

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products (HS 3101); Fertilizers (ICS 65.080)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Fertilizer Management Regulation (49 page(s), in Portuguese)

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Description of content: The purpose of this Regulation is to establish a legal regime to ensure that all processes involving the activities of production, use, import, export, transit, handling and application of fertilizers are carried out without prejudice to public, animal and environmental health.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection

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Relevant documents:

Ministerial Diploma nº 141/2013 of 23/09, Technical regulation of pre packaged products

Decreto nº 11/2013, 10 de Abril,  Fertilizer Management Regulation

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Proposed date of adoption: 8 May 2021

Proposed date of entry into force: 2 March 2021

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade - INNOQ
National Institute of Standardization and Quality
Mr. Márcia Julia Maxlhuza -
Av.de Moçambique
Parcela 7168/D1/7
C.P:2983

CP 2983
+(258) 21 34 46 00
mmaxlhuza@gmail.com; marciamaxlhuza@hotmail.com
http://www.innoq.gov.mz/

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