. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BWA/1 
13 November 2008  
 (08-5533) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BOTSWANA
  
If applicable, name of local governm ent involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   Central 
Government  
2. Agency responsible:   
Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) 
Private Bag BO 0048  
Gaborone 
Botswana Email: infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw Website: www.bobstandards.bw
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and web-site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], Other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cattle Feeds, Chicken 
Feeds, Raw Cow’s Milk, Past eurised Cow’s Milk, Yoghurt fro m Cow’ Milk, Sour Cow’s 
Milk, Butter Milk from Cow’s Milk, Sorghum, Pu lses (Beans), Peanut Butter, Canned Fish, 
Canned marine Molluscs, Canned Crustaceans , 13 Amp fused Plugs, 13 Amp switched and 
unswitched – Outlets, 13 Amps Adaptors, Elec tric iron, LPG Regulators, Plastic Bags, 
Cement, Labelling of Pre-packaged Goods. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standards (Import 
Inspection) Regulations, 2008 (10 pages, in English)     
6. Description of content:  The main text makes provisions for Application for a Compliance 
certificate before importing an y of the above-mentioned products  into Botswana. It further 
provides for recognition of comp liance certificates from countr y of origin from a recognised 
body. Non-compliance to the regulation constitute s an offence punishable by Law. It also 
provides an appeals procedure in case of grievanc es. It gives the list of  the regulated products 
together with the applicable standards. Plea se for more informati on see the regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
objective is to control quality of the prescrib ed goods when imported into Botswana. The 
purpose is to protect the consumer against ad verse health effects th at can be caused by 
consumption of substandard goods. Consumers he re include both human beings and animals.  G/TBT/N/BWA/1 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
BOS 25:2000  Animal Feeding Stuff - Cattle Feeds; 
BOS 8-1:1999 Poultry Feeds - Part 1: Chicken Feeds; BOS 63:2003 Raw Cow Milk (Intend ed For Further Processing); 
BOS  72:2003   Pasteurised  Cow’s  Milk; 
BOS 92:2004 Fermented Cow’s Milk Products - Yoghurt, Sour Milk (Madila) And  
buttermilk; BOS 26:2000 Cereals – Sorghum Grains Fo r Human Consumption – Specifications; 
BOS 201:2006 Cereals And Pulses –C ertain Pulses- Specification; 
CKS 339 2006 Peanut Butter; 
SANS 587:2005 Canned Fish, Canned Marine  Molluscs And Canned Crustaceans And 
Products Derived There From; 
BOS 41-1:2001 13 - Plugs, Socket-Outlets, Ad aptors And Connection Units - Part 1: 
Rewirable And Non-; 
BOS 41-2 :2001 13 - Plugs, Sock et - Outlets, Adaptors And Connection Units - Part 2: 
Switched And Unswitched; 
BOS 41-3 :2001  13 - Plugs, Socket - Outlets,  Adaptors And Connection Units - Part 3: 
Adaptors; 
BOS IEC 60335-2-3 Ed5.0:2002 Household And Simi lar Electrical Appl iances – Safety – 
Part 2-3: Particulars Requi rements For Electric Irons; 
SANS 1237:2007 Single-Stage Regulators Fo r Liquefied Petroleum Gas  (Lpg); 
BOS 186:2006  Plastic Carrier Bags And Flat Bags; 
BOS EN 197:1992 Cement: Composition, Specific ation And Conformity Criteria - Part 1: 
Common Cements; 
BOS 9:2000  Pre-Packaged Goods For The Ulti mate Consumer: Labelling, Presentation And 
Advertising  –  General Requirements.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }  12 January 2009   
10. Final date for comments:  10 December 2008 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
Ministry of Trade – Intern ational Trade Department  
And at: http://members.wto.org/crnat tachments/2008/tbt/bwa/08_3542_00_e.pdf