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Commodities (Indication of Origin) Regulations 1981 (Regulations No. 170 of 1981, as amended by Regulations No. 50 of 2005), Mauritius

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Details Details Year of Version 2005 Dates Amended: April 6, 2005 Entry into force: December 1, 1981 Published: July 4, 1981 Issued: July 1, 1981 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Trademarks, Other Notes This consolidated version of the Commodities (Indication of Origin) Regulations 1981 (Regulations No. 170 of 1981, also known as GN No. 170 of 1981) takes into account amendments up to Regulations No. 50 of 2005 (GN No. 50 of 2005), which was issued and entered into force on April 6, 2005.

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 Commodities (Indication of Origin) Regulations 1981 (as amended by Regulations No. 50 of 200)

Commodities (Indication of Origin) Regulations 1981

GN 170/1981 4th July

Regulations made by the Minister under Section 8 of the Fair Trading Act 1979

1. These regulations may be cited as the Commodities (Indication of Origin) Regulations 1981.

2. In these regulations-

"commodity" means an item specified in the Schedule;

container" includes any package, cask, bottle, vessel, box, capsule, frame, case, wrapper or any other receptacle in which a commodity is presented or prepared for sale;

“country of origin", in relation to a commodity, means the country in which the commodity was manufactured or in which the final process of manufacture took place;

"label" means any writing indelibly or otherwise permanently impressed upon, woven, sewn, or worked into, or affixed to, or otherwise marked on, a commodity or a container of a commodity;

“manufacture" means assemble, make, prepare, produce, put into a container, a commodity by any process;

"mark" has the same meaning as in the Trade Marks Ordinance.

3. (1) No trader shall import a commodity for sale in Mauritius unless at the time of its importation-

(a) the commodity bears a conspicuous label indicating the country of origin of the commodity; or

(b) where the nature of the commodity is such that it does not permit compliance with subparagraph (a), the container of the commodity bears a conspicuous label indicating the country of origin of the commodity.

3(1)A (a) The Minister may, in case of non compliance with regulation 3(1), authorise an importer to affix locally a label indicating the Country Origin of an

imported commodity, provided a certificate of origin is produced;

(b) The label shall be affixed under the supervision of an authorised officer prior to

clearance from customs.

Added by [GN No. 50 of 2005]

(2) Where a trader imports a commodity for sale in Mauritius for further processing or for re-packing, he shall put a conspicuous label-

(a) on the finished commodity or on the commodity which has been repacked; or (b) where the nature of the commodity is such that it does not permit compliance with

subparagraph (a), on the container of the commodity.

(3) The label required by paragraph (2) shall indicate-

(a) the country of origin of the imported commodity and its mark, if any, and (b) that the final process of manufacture of the imported commodity has taken place in

Mauritius.

4. No trader shall manufacture a commodity unless at the completion of its manufacture-

(a) the commodity bears a conspicuous label with the words "MADEIN MAURITIUS" or "PRODUCE OF MAURITIUS"; or

(b) where the nature of the commodity is such that it does not permit compliance with paragraph (a), the container of the commodity bears a conspicuous label with the words "MADE IN MAURITIUS" or "PRODUCE OF MAURITIUS".

5. No trader shall sell a commodity, other than a second hand commodity, unless-

(a) the commodity bears a conspicuous label indicating the country of origin of the commodity; or

(b) where the nature of the commodity is such that it does not permit compliance with paragraph (a), the container of the commodity bears a conspicuous label indicating the country of origin of the commodity.

6. No trader shall alter, erase, obliterate, remove or forge a label or mark indicating the country of origin of a commodity which is intended for sale.

7. These regulations shall come into operation on the lst December 1981.Made by the Minister on the lst July 1981.

SCHEDULE (regulation 2)

Bags, trunks, wallets and similar receptacles Clocks, clock cases and movements Conduit pipes Cosmetics Cutlery Cycles Dry cell batteries Food, including beverages Footwear Garments Glass Household appliances and utensils Lighters

Matches Photographic and cinematographic cameras, projectors and accessories. Radio receivers and transmitters Razors and razor blades Record players Scissors Soap Soap detergents Sports gear and equipment Tape and video recorders and reproducers Television receivers Thread (embroidery, knitting and sewing) Toilet preparations Tools and implements Toys Tyres and tubes Watches, watch cases and movements

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