. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ZAF/121 
12 March 2010  
 (10-1333) 
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:  SOUTH AFRICA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Trade and Industry 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above :   
The Chief Executive Officer 
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Private Bag X25 Brooklyn 0075 Tel.:  +27  428 6146 Fax:  +27  428 6095 
Website:  http://www.nrcs.org.za
 
E-mail:  fourief@nrcs.org.za 
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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Regulations under the 
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act. Vehicles and automotive components; firearms for civil use; personal flotation aids, coal-burning stoves and heaters 
for dwellings; microbiological safety cabinets; disinfectants and detergent disinfectants; 
respirators; breathing apparatus; lighters; plas tic carrier bags and flat bags; cement; small 
arms shooting ranges; swimming aids; non-pressure paraffin stoves and heaters; 
preservative treated timber; electrical and electronic apparatus; canned fish, canned marine molluscs and canned crustaceans; frozen fish, frozen marine molluscs and frozen products 
derived there from; canned meat products; fro zen rock lobster and frozen lobster products; 
smoked snoek; frozen shrimps (prawns), langoustines and crabs. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Regulations 
under the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act (Act No. 5 of 2008) 
(English, 12 pages).      
6. Description of content:  These draft regulations deal with:  
• Payment of fees in the form of levies;  
• Fees for services provided by the National Regulator; 
• Reduction in payment of fees in terms of levies; G/TBT/N/ZAF/121 
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• Sales permits for products that does not  fully comply with the compulsory 
specifications that it applies to; 
• Directives; 
• Acceptability of evidence of conformity; 
• Consultative process; 
• Records; 
• Registration of manufacturers, importers and service providers. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of Human Health or Safety  
8. Relevant documents:    
• Government Gazette No. 32916, Notice No. 95, dated 5 February 2010; 
• National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act (Act No. 5 of 2008).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }- 
10. Final date for comments:  10 May 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point South Africa 
Standards Information Centre 
SABS Name of contact person: Ms R Heydenrych Tel.:  + 27  428 6835 Fax:  + 27  428 6928 
E-mail : heydenr@sabs.co.za