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As far as (non-food) labelling requirements are concerned, regulations exist for the following products:

(...) b.Equipment subject to mandatory energy efficiency standards – a technical regulation on energy-efficiency standards entered into force on 5 March 2018 (not notified to the WTO). It was adopted pursuant to the Energy Efficiency Act, 2017, and concerns mainly the registration and labelling of certain household appliances (refrigerators and freezers; air conditioners; and light bulbs). (...)

Summary of protection of IPRs, 2018
Main legislation Coverage Duration Seclected exclusions and limitations
(...) (...) (...) Non-patentable inventions.

The following, even if they are inventions, cannot be patented:
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inventions that are likely to cause serious environmental harm;
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Fishing is regulated at different levels in Tanzania. A number of fishing methods, catch sizes, and fishing gear provisions are laid out in the respective Fisheries Acts. The Act of the Mainland gives the Minister powers to impose seasonal restrictions and prohibit fishing in designated areas. Local community-based institutions are extensively used for fisheries management; these are beach management units in the inland lakes of the Mainland, and fishing village communities on Zanzibar. They typically monitor or enforce environmental provisions and use of illegal gear or fishing practices.

The Marine Parks and Reserve Act, 1994 plays a role in conservation measures for fisheries within certain marine parks that have been created. For the Lake Victoria area, the EAC Lake Victoria Fisheries Management Plan III is applicable for the fishing and management of this resource.(...)

The Mainland has a new National Fisheries Policy, 2015, which replaced the old policy from 1997.(...)Some of the challenges addressed by the Policies: effective management and sustainability of fisheries, combat of illegal fishing, (...)and strengthening regional and international cooperation.

Tanzania has a variety of potential energy sources, including petroleum, natural gas, coal, uranium, hydro, biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, tidal and waves. However, its energy usage at present is highly concentrated, and comes mainly from biomass (85%), followed by petroleum (9%), electricity (4.5%) and renewable energy sources (1.2%). (...)

The petroleum and natural gas sector is guided by the 2015 National Petroleum Policy, which aims to conserve the natural resource wealth for the nation while promoting the development of the sector. (...)

In 2016, Zanzibar enacted its first upstream energy legislation, the Zanzibar Oil and Gas (Upstream) Act, 2016. The Act created the Zanzibar Petroleum Regulatory Authority (ZPRA) and the Zanzibar Petroleum Development Company (ZPDC); (...)provides safety and environmental principles(...)

In 2011, Tanzania created its Integrated Industrial Development Strategy 2025, to stimulate the economy, help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and help transform its market-dependent agricultural economy into a semi-industrial one by 2025. Its aim is that the manufacturing sector grow 15% per year on average, and take a 23% share in GDP by 2025. This policy, along with other government policies in the Five-Year Development Plan, the Sustainable Industrial Development Policy 1996-2020, and its Industrial Competitiveness Report 2015, emphasize exploiting Tanzania's comparative advantage in natural resource-based sectors (agriculture and mineral), capturing opportunities in light-manufacturing industries, improving infrastructure and the business environment, and encouraging the private sector to lead the way, through investment and innovation, to grow the manufacturing sector.(...)

(...)Zanzibar also has a Coastal and Marine Tourism Management Plan from 2012, that promotes sustainable tourism in Zanzibar's marine environment.