Seychelles
| Articles |
10.8.1
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10.8.2
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| Indicative date of implementation | 1 January 2019 |
| Definitive date of implementation | 31 December 2021 |
| Assistance required for implementation |
1. Sourcing funding for the procurement of equipment (such as incinerator) and consumables for testing purposes; 2. Support for accreditation formalities to help improve capacity and standard of laboratory to conduct test on goods prior to rejection; 3. Technical assistance and capacity building to facilitate staff development; 4. Support for the development of national policy guidelines and standard operation procedures (SOPs) for re-export and/or destruction of rejected goods; 5. Development of appropriate protocols governing and the proper handling and transportation of rejected/confiscated goods. |
| Donor / Agency |
European Union |
| Progress reported |
17 January 2025 — G/TFA/N/SYC/41. The Seychelles Revenue Commission, under its laws and Statutory Instrument (S.I) 42 of 2014, Chapter 13 Regulations 81(1) and 82 stipulates the processes and procedures for disposal of rejected goods within the mandate of the Customs Division of Seychelles as relating to customs and border security. Under the Animal Plant Biosecurity Act 2014, provisions exist which stipulate how rejected goods are dealt with.2. Under the Food Act, 2014, provisions exist for rejected consignment of goods to be relabelled or reconditioned or export or disposed of by the importer subjected to the necessary provisions of the Act. Any contravention of the provisions may allow the Competent Authority to dispose of the rejected goods and applicable fines are applied to the individual importers. 3. The Department of Agriculture received technical and financial assistance for the procurement of an incinerator under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), which has been refurbished through budgetary allocation of the Government of Seychelles. |