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Measure

Print and Appearance of Pictures, Warnings and Statements

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Restriction Goods 01/04/2014
Summary:
Description:

3. (1) A warning referred to in regulation 2(1)(a) to be reflected on a package in terms of that regulation must be -

(a) in the official language of Namibia;

(b) in Helvetica type;(c) in black, red or blue print on a white background;

(d) in upper-case lettering;

(e) centred within the area in which it is displayed and the text of the message must occupy not less than 60% and not more than 70% of the area in which it is displayed; (f) surrounded by a border that -

(i) is the same colour as the print used for the text of the warning; and

(ii) outlines the area in which the warning is displayed without encroaching on that area.

(2) A picture and a warning must be rotated as equal as possible across all tobacco products and different brands and in any case on every successive 50 packages of each brand of the product and must be randomly distributed in all areas within Namibia.

(3) The area to be occupied by the warnings referred to in subregulation (1) and by the statement referred to in regulation 2(1)(b) may not contain any matter other than that required by these regulations.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
2 2403 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; "homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences
3 2304 Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Importation of manufactured tobacco and tobacco products
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Regulations Under the Tobacco Products Control Act, 2010 Regulation Import/Export