Measure

Seed dealers to be registered

Type	Class	Valid From
General	Goods	31/12/2018
Summary: To sell, keep for sale, offer to sell, barter, import, export, or otherwise supply seeds in Namibia, a person must be registered as a seed dealer. Registration requires an application to the Registrar, along with the prescribed fee, and is granted based on the applicant meeting requirements related to infrastructure, equipment, technical ability, and knowledge. Once registered, dealers must provide the Registrar with information about seed stocks, lots, expiry dates, and related details. The Registrar has the authority to suspend or cancel a dealer's registration if it was obtained through misrepresentation or if the dealer violates the Act's provisions. Failure to comply with these regulations, including operating without registration or not providing required information, is an offence punishable by a fine up to N$10,000, imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both.
Description: 8. (1) No person may sell, keep for sale, offer to sell, barter, import or export or otherwise supply any seed by himself or herself, or by any other person on his or her behalf unless he or she is registered as a seed dealer. (2) Every application for registration under subsection (1) must be made to the Registrar in such form and manner and must be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed. (3) The Registrar must register an applicant as a seed dealer if he or she meets the prescribed requirements relating to infrastructure, equipment and technical ability and knowledge. (4) The Registrar may, after making such enquiry and subject to such conditions as he or she thinks fit, grant a certificate of registration as a seed dealer in such form and for such period as may be prescribed. (5) Every dealer registered under this section must furnish to the Registrar such information and returns regarding seed stocks, seed lots, expiry date of seed lots and other related information as may be prescribed. (6) The Registrar may suspend or cancel a certificate granted under subsection (4) if - (a) that registration has been obtained by misrepresentation of a material fact; (b) the dealer has contravened any of the provisions of this Act. (7) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) or (5) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N$10 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

Type

Class

Valid From

Valid To

General

Goods

31/12/2018

Summary:

To sell, keep for sale, offer to sell, barter, import, export, or otherwise supply seeds in Namibia, a person must be registered as a seed dealer. Registration requires an application to the Registrar, along with the prescribed fee, and is granted based on the applicant meeting requirements related to infrastructure, equipment, technical ability, and knowledge.

Once registered, dealers must provide the Registrar with information about seed stocks, lots, expiry dates, and related details. The Registrar has the authority to suspend or cancel a dealer's registration if it was obtained through misrepresentation or if the dealer violates the Act's provisions.

Failure to comply with these regulations, including operating without registration or not providing required information, is an offence punishable by a fine up to N$10,000, imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both.

Description:

8. (1) No person may sell, keep for sale, offer to sell, barter, import or export or otherwise supply any seed by himself or herself, or by any other person on his or her behalf unless he or she is registered as a seed dealer.

(2) Every application for registration under subsection (1) must be made to the Registrar in such form and manner and must be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.

(3) The Registrar must register an applicant as a seed dealer if he or she meets the prescribed requirements relating to infrastructure, equipment and technical ability and knowledge.

(4) The Registrar may, after making such enquiry and subject to such conditions as he or she thinks fit, grant a certificate of registration as a seed dealer in such form and for such period as may be prescribed.

(5) Every dealer registered under this section must furnish to the Registrar such information and returns regarding seed stocks, seed lots, expiry date of seed lots and other related information as may be prescribed.

(6) The Registrar may suspend or cancel a certificate granted under subsection (4) if -

(a) that registration has been obtained by misrepresentation of a material fact;
(b) the dealer has contravened any of the provisions of this Act.

(7) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) or (5) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N$10 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

#	HS Code	Description
1	1201	Soya beans, whether or not broken
2	1202	Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken
3	1203	Copra
4	1204	Linseed, whether or not broken
5	1205	Rape or colza seed, whether or not broken
6	1209	Seeds, fruits and spores, of a kind used for sowing
7	1210	Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in form pellets; lupulin
8	1211	Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
9	1212	Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety CICHORIUM INTYBUS SATIVUM) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included
10	1213	Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets
11	1214	Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 No Registration as Seed Dealer Required
Activity	Outcome	Valid For	Single Use
Export			No

2 Procedure for applying for the import permit of plants and plant products
Activity	Outcome	Valid For	Single Use
Import	Import permit	3 Months	No

3 Procedure for applying for a Phytosanitary certificate
Activity	Outcome	Valid For	Single Use
Export	Phytosanitary certificate	14 Days	No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name	Type	Category
Promulgation of Seeds and Seeds Varieties Act, 2018 (Act No. 23 of 2018)	Act	Import/Export

Republic of Namibia

Ministry of International Relations & Trade

Namibia Trade Information Portal

Measure

Seed dealers to be registered

Commodities Affected by the Measure

Procedures Implementing the Measure

Legal Documents Related to the Measure