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G/TBT/2/Add.106 
28 June 2011 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from Zambia 
 
Addendum 
 
  The following communication, dated 23 June 201 1, has been received from the delegation of 
Zambia. 
 
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 1. In accordance with Article 15.2 of the WTO Ag reement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) 
and considering the decision of the TBT Committee of 14 July 1995, concerning Statements on 
Implementation and Administration of the Agreemen t as contained in document G/TBT/1/Rev.10 of 9 
June 2011, the Zambian Government submits to th e Committee this statement on the implementation 
and administration of the Agreement in Zambia. 
2. The Government of the Republic of Zambia ac cepted with effect from 1 January 1995 the 
Agreement establishing the WTO, as well as Agreemen ts and associated Legal Instruments included 
in the Annexes. 
3. The Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry is the contact point on all matters relating to 
the implementation of the WTO Agreements, and has the overall responsibility of ensuring that the 
obligations under the Agreements ar e fulfilled.  According to the requirements of the Agreement, the 
Government of the Republic of Zambia has designa ted the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry 
as the Notification Authority and th e Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) as the National Enquiry 
Point for WTO/TBT Notifications. 
4. The principal responsibility of the National Notif ication Authority is the fulfilment of the 
notifications obligations under the TBT Agreement while the responsibilities of the National Enquiry 
Point include:  responding to technical enqui ries from other WTO Members regarding Zambia's 
domestic regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures in force. 
5. ZABS is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament and draws its mandate from the 
Standards Act, Cap 416 of the Laws of Zambia.  ZABS is responsible for the development and 
promulgation of National Quality Standards and o ffers Metrology, Testi ng and Quality Assurance 
services in relation to goods, services, proces ses and practices.  The implementation and 
administration of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade is therefore supported by the 
Standards Act 1994, Cap 416 of the Laws of Zambia. 
6. Notices regarding Standards and Technical Regula tions developed issued or adopted by the 
Zambian Government are published in  the Zambia Government Gazette. G/TBT/2/Add.106 
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  7. Zambia, through ZABS has accepted the Code of  Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption 
and Application of Standards (Annex 3 to the TBT Agreement). 
8. The Documentation and Information Centre at ZABS is the WTO/TBT Enquiry Point for 
disseminating information to stakeholders in fulf illing Zambia's obligations in line with the TBT 
Agreement. 
9. All enquiries concerning Zambia's domestic re gulations, standards and conformity assessment 
procedures in force should be addressed to: 
Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZAB S) 
P.O. Box:  50259 Lechwe House 
Freedom Way - South-end 
Lusaka ZAMBIA Tel:  (+260) (211) 231385 / (211) 227075/ (211) 227183 Fax:  (+260) (211) 238483 
E-mail:  mailto:zabs@zamnet.zm  
  mailto:infozabs@Qmnet.zm  
 
 
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