East Africa: EAC Issues SQMT Regulations to Facilitate Regional Trade

press release

Arusha — The East African Community has issued regulations to enhance the operationalization of the EAC Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act (SQMT) of 2006. The SQMT regulations are geared towards facilitating regional trade.

The Regulations were approved by the Council of Ministers in November 2013 and are issued in line with Article 6 of the Protocol on Establishment of the EAC Common Market, with reference to Free Movement of Goods.

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