Standards (Compulsory Batch Certification of Imports) Regulations, 2009 (G.N. No. 405 of 2009).

These Regulations, made under section 36 of the Standards Act concern a certificate issued by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards certifying or attesting that a particular import consignment or shipment of the commodity as sampled and attested conforms to the specified Tanzania Standards or International or foreign standards recognized by the Bureau. Such certification shall be compulsory for importers who shall apply to the Bureau for a Batch certificate. Where products imported into Tanzania are manufactured by foreign companies licensed to use the TBS Standards Mark by the Bureau, the importer/agent of such products shall not be required to apply for a Batch Certificate. No person shall in any manner unload for the Tanzania market any commodities or products not conforming to the requirements of the Tanzania standards or the commodity or product on which no Batch Certificate or Certificate of Conformity (CoC) has been issued by the Bureau.