Laws of South Sudan

Weights and Measures Regulations, 2016.

Final draft text
Directorate of Legislation
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
Date: 18 /11/2016.

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Laws of South Sudan
Weights and Measures Regulations, 2016
Table of Contents

Arrangement of Sections:

Chapter I
Preliminary Provisions
1. Title and Commencement
2. Repeal and Saving
3. Purpose
4. Application
5. Interpretation
Chapter II
Legal Units and Standards
6. Legal Units and Use
7. Standards and Traceability
Chapter III
Control of Products for Sale
8. Product Net Amount
9. Pre-Packed Products
10. Standard Quantities
11. Minimum Content Information on Packaging
12. Tolerable Deficiency
13. Import Inspection
14. Inspection of Packing Installations
15. Inspection of Products
16. Measures for Non-Conforming Products

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Chapter IVStandards and Measuring Instruments for Trade

17. Definition of Trade Instruments
18. Legal Control of Trade Instruments
19. Instruments Prohibited in Trade
20. Type Approval of Trade Instruments
21. Initial and Subsequent Verification and Inspection
22. Procedure for Registration and Approval of Trade Instruments
23. Validity of Certificates of Verification
24. Subsequent Verification of Trade Instruments
25. Inspection
26. Prohibited, Unregistered and Rejected Instruments
Chapter V
Instruments under Legal Control, Service Licences and Notified Bodies

27. Instruments Used in Law Enforcement and Medical Services
28. Instrument Service Licenses
29. Appointment of Notified Bodies
Chapter VI
Miscellaneous Provisions

30. Appointment and Powers of Metrology Inspectors
31. Tasks of Metrology Inspectors
32. Offences and Penalties
33. Amendment of Schedules

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SCHEDULE 1
Legal Units for South Sudan
Table (A) - Non-SI Units Accepted For Use with International System of Units
Table (B) – Customary Units Accepted for Use in South Sudan only in Specific Fields ofApplication
Table (C) - SI Prefixes

SCHEDULE 2
Products and Pre-Packages
Table (A) – List of Products with Prescribed Manner of Description of Quantity
Table (B) – Standard Quantities for Pre-Packed Products
Table (C) – Tolerable Deficiencies in Actual Content for Pre-Packages
Table (D) – Sample Sizes, Rules and Rejection Criteria for Pre-Packages

SCHEDULE 3
Trade Instruments
Table (A) – Allowed Basic Trade Instruments, Not Subject to Type Approval
Table (B) – Instruments Prohibited in TradeSCHEDULE 4
Standard Administrative Fines for Minor Offences
Table (A) – Standard Administrative Fines

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Laws of South Sudan
Weights and Measures Regulations, 2016
Pursuant to powers conferred by provisions of section 58 of Weights and Measures Act,
2012, the Minister, upon advice and recommendation of the Standards Council, hereby
issues the following Regulations:

Chapter I
Preliminary Provisions
1. Title and Commencement
These Regulations maybe cited as the “Weights and Measures Regulations, 2016” andshall come into force on the date of its signature by the Minister.
2. Repeal and Saving(1) All provisions of any existing rules, orders, guidelines and regulations which aregoverned by provisions of these Regulations are hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub regulation (1) of this Regulation, alldecisions, approvals, licences, certificates and appointments made or taken there
under, shall remain in force and valid, unless they are otherwise inconsistent with,
amended or repealed in accordance with provisions of these Regulations.
3. Purpose
The purpose of These regulations is to provide details for:(1) legal units and their use(2) national standards of measurement and metrology(3) standards and measuring instruments used for trade(4) rules pertaining to products for sale(5) rules for instruments used in law enforcement and medical services(6) servicing of trade instruments; and(7) Functions and powers of inspectors of the Metrology Department of National
Bureau of Standards.

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4. Application
The provisions of these Regulations shall, be applicable on all matters relating with
National Standards of Weights and Measures, legal Units and Measuring instruments
used for trade and products for sale in South Sudan and other relevant matters thereof.
5. Interpretation
In these Regulations;(1) All wards and expressions defined under the Weights and Measures Act, 2012, shallhave the same meanings hereunder;(2) Unless the context otherwise requires:“Act”

means the Weights and Measures Act, 2012;“BIPM”

means the International Bureau of Weights andMeasures, established under the Metre Convention;“Calibration”

means an operation that, under specified conditions,establishes relation between the quantity values, withmeasurement uncertainties provided by measurement
standards and corresponding indications with associatedmeasurement uncertainties;“Controlled Instrument or Controlled Instrument Category” means an
instrument or category of instruments to which legal
metrological control is applicable;“ILAC”

means the International Laboratory Accreditation
Cooperation, the international authoritative organisationthat recognises laboratory accreditation bodies thatcomply with the ISO/IEC 17011 standard;“Initial Verification” means the first verification of new, refurbished, altered or
repaired trade instrument;“Legal Metrological Control or Legal Control of Instrument or Category ofInstruments” means such instruments that may not be
used unless they have been approved, verified andregistered by the Legal Metrology Authority or the6Legal Metrology Section of South Sudan National
Bureau of Standards.
“Notified Body”

means any private institution, charged and authorisedby the Minister with verifying compliance of products,
services, organisations or persons with specified
requirements, such as regulations, specifications,guidelines or recommendations;“OIML”

means the International Organisation for Legal
Metrology;“Placement on the Market” means making available of any productmeasuring standard or measuring instrument anywhere
in South Sudan, for consumer or buyer, for sale, hire,or any other kind of reward or free of charge;“Placement on the Market of Trade Instrument” means make available of any
Trade Instrument for use anywhere in South Sudan,
whether against payment or free of charge;“Product”

means any commodity, article or substance, artificial or
natural, partly artificial or natural, tangible or intangible,
or raw partly or wholly processed or manufactured, andincludes any service“Putting into use of Trade Instrument” means using of any trade instrument
for the first time after its manufacture, importation orpurchase, or for the first time after it was taken out ofuse, for repair or upgrade;“SI”

means the International System of Units, adopted anddefined by the General Conference of Weights andMeasures;“Subsequent Verification” means any repeated verification not an initial
verification;“TBT”

means Technical Barriers to Trade;7

“Bureau”

means the South Sudan National Bureau of Standards;“Traceability”

means the property of any measurement or calibration
result whereby the result may be related to any
reference through any documented unbroken chain ofcalibrations, each contributing to measurement
uncertainty;“Trade Instrument” means any measurement standard or measuring
instrument, intended for use for trade;“Trade”means any sales transactions and related activities as
meant under definition of “sale” in the Act;

“Type Approval”

means the issue of approval certificate after the type or
pattern has been found to comply with mandatory
requirements through type testing;“Type Testing”

means any activity or set of activities aimed atdetermining if any type or pattern of trade instrumentcomplies with mandatory requirements, set for such
type or pattern.

“WTO”

means the World Trade Organisation;

Chapter II
Legal Units and Standards
6. Legal Units and Use(1) The legal units of measurements for South Sudan shall, consist of:(a)units of “International System of Units” SI, adopted and defined by theGeneral Conference of Weights and Measures and recommended by the
OIML for quantities. Covered by this System, including the base units,derived units and their multiples and sub-multiples as defined in the SI(b)non - SI units accepted for use with the International System of Units,
reproduced in Table (A) of Schedule (1) of these Regulations,8(c)customary units, specified in Table (B) of Schedule (1) of theseRegulations, for particular applications, and;(d)other units that may be declared by the Minister and required:(i) by necessities of international trade,(ii) for specific uses such as air or maritime navigation, health care, or
military applications, or(iii) for safety reasons;(2) The declaration of permitted units under (d) of this regulation may, be made on
temporary basis by specifying the period and manner by which they may bephased out;(3) The definition of multiples and subdivisions of SI units and their notation shall,
comply with recommendations of Metre Convention and with International
Standards as provided in table of prefixes of SI reproduced in Table (C) of
Schedule (1) of these Regulations.
(4) Rules for expressing results of measurements, including names, notation andsymbols of units, shall, comply with recommendations of the Metre Convention
and with applicable standards of the International Standardisation Organisation
ISO;(5) The use of units other than legal units shall, be forbidden, in particular in trade,documentation and advertisements for products and services, publications, ortraining, with following exceptions:(a)documentation of and references to products produced and services
carried out prior to the obligation of units concerned,(b)mentioning non legal units in historical perspective in publications andtraining, and;(c)documents and publications intended for users in countries having
different systems of units;(6) The use of units other than legal units may be authorized in applications forwhich international Conventions, Agreements or Treaties prescribe thosespecific units.

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7. Standards and Traceability(1) The Bureau shall, be responsible for maintenance and traceability to the SI ofnational metrology standards, working standards and measuring equipment as
necessary, for verification of trade instruments, instruments for law enforcement
and medical equipment;(2) The Minister shall, on recommendation of the Bureau, declare the South Sudan
national standards of measurement;(3) Traceability of the South Sudan national standards to the SI shall, be realised
through:(a)direct calibration of the national standards at national metrology
laboratory or calibration laboratory accredited for calibrations underconsideration by accreditation body recognised member of ILAC, or(b)inter – laboratory comparisons, using travelling standards, whereby theuncertainty of calibration or of comparison shall, be sufficiently small
to achieve required uncertainties of the South Sudan national
standards involved;(4) The methods and frequency of calibrations or inter – laboratory comparisons
shall, be determined on the basis of sound metrology principles;(5) All other standards and metrology instruments, used by Bureau shall be madetraceable to the national standards, through regime of internal calibrations andverifications performed on regular basis, in accordance with sound metrologicalprinciples and calibration or verification certificates shall, be issued for these
instruments; and(6) Any standards and measuring instruments used for verifications of trade
instruments, instruments for law enforcement and medical equipment or forcalibrations or any other type of measurement performed by the Bureau shall,
have valid calibration or verification certificates at the time of use.

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Chapter III
Control of Products for Sale
8. Product Net Amount(1) All products sold, offered or exposed for sale, or in any manner advertised forsale shall, be sold, offered or advertised for sale, as the case may be, by reference
to the net amount of product or, for certain types of products, by the number ofunits;(2) The amount of product, measured or determined during sales transaction orindicated on pre-packed product shall, be expressed in legal units;(3) For certain products the manner of expressing net amount shall, be asprescribed in Table (A) of Schedule (2) of these Regulations whereby:(a)

net quantity of any product listed shall not, be specified in any otherway than as indicated in the table, and(b)

net quantity of any product not listed in the table shall be specified in
any legal unit as appropriate for the product; and(4) the Bureau of Standards Council may, on recommendation of the Bureau, add,
amend or remove products or rules for expression of their quantities as may berequired from time to time, whereby:(a)such changes shall, be made only after due consultations with relevant
stakeholders in trade and in Government, and(b)

Table (A) in Schedule (2) of these regulations shall, be kept updated
and made available to the public in an appropriate manner.

9. Pre-Packed Products(1) A pre-packed product shall, be any product packed in any container, wrapping
material, of which the net quantity has been determined and registered during or
immediately after the packing process and is not intended for repeat of the net
quantity determination during sales transaction;(2) Definitions of terms used in connection with pre-packed products, rules for their
net quantity, including measurements and conformity assessment shall, be
according to the International Recommendation R 87 of the OIML; and11

(3) The net quantity by weight or volume of any pre-packed product shall, be
determined by weighing or volume measurement, after removal of the packing
material or container. In the case of liquid products, the net content may be
determined by weighing the product in any container and subtracting the mass ofthe container, determined by separate weighing. And detailed instructions forvarious situations, given in the International Recommendation R 87 of the
OIML, shall be followed.
10. Standard Quantities(1) Pre-packed products listed in Table (B) of Schedule 2 of these Regulations, may
not be imported or traded in South Sudan, unless packed in standard net
quantities as prescribed in the table;(2) The Executive Director of the Bureau may, allow manufacturers or packers touse other quantities when the products are solely intended for export and may
not be placed on the market in South Sudan; and(3) The Executive Director may, on recommendation of Legal Metrology Section of
Bureau, add, alter or remove products or their standard quantities provided inTable (B) in Schedule (2) of these Regulations, as required from time to time,
whereby:(a)such changes shall be made only after due consultations with relevant
stakeholders in trade and Government, and(b)

Table (B) of Schedule (2) of these Regulations shall, be kept, updated
and made available to the public in appropriate manner.

11. Minimum Content Information on Packaging(1) Pre-packed products shall, be clearly labelled with the:(a)product name and description,(b)name and address of manufacturer, packer or importer,(c)

net quantity of product, including the unit,(d)production or packaging batch number, and(e)distinctive mark where applicable as may be prescribed by the Bureau;

12(2) The name or description of product, net quantity and distinctive mark, whenapplicable, shall appear on the same face of package or container;(3) The information required as specified in sub regulation (1) of this regulation,
shall be in English and net quantity indications shall conform to SI notation
rules, as laid down in the official SI brochure of the BIPM. The same
information may be made available additionally in one or more other languages,
such as Arabic, but the English text shall not be smaller than that of the otherlanguage.
(4) The required information indicated in sub – regulation (1) of this regulation,
shall be printed in colour sufficiently contrasting with the background and beclearly readable. The minimum height of characters shall be 5 mm, except when
there is insufficient space in the case of very small packages, but shall not be
smaller than 2 mm; and(5) Placement on the packaging of any distinctive mark, as provided for in the Act,
shall, where applicable, signify the compliance of product with all relevant
Regulations made under the Act, and these Regulations.
12. Tolerable Deficiency(1) The tolerable deficiency shall, specify the maximum permissible deviation in
deficiency of the actual net amount of product from the value indicated on the
package or in accompanying document, however no restrictions shall be made toany deviation in excess for pre-packages;(2) The tolerable deficiencies for pre-packed products shall, be as specified in Table(C) of Schedule (2) of these regulations, whereby:(a)statistical criteria for the compliance of lot or consignment of pre-packs
with tolerable deficiencies, described in the International
Recommendation R 87 of the OIML and rules for sample sizes andrejection criteria provided by the same document, reproduced inTables (C) and (D) of Schedule (2) of these regulations respectively,
shall be used for net content testing of pre-packed products,(b)

result of compliance tests provided in paragraph (a) of this sub –regulation, conducted on any sample may, determine the acceptance13

or rejection of entire lot or consignment from which the sample wastaken,(c)any pre-package shall, meet requirements at any stage of distribution,
including the point-of-packing, import, distribution, wholesale, and(d)for certain products in which any loss of mass or volume isunavoidable over time due to evaporation of water or other liquids
from the product, allowance for such drying effects shall, be madewhen testing for compliance with tolerable deficiency and certain
secondary measurements may be specified for the product, such
additional tolerances and methods shall, be specified where possible in
legal requirements for such products.

13. Import Inspection(1) Products imported into the country may, be inspected for compliance with theseRegulations at point of entry or at any other time and place, before or after
importation. Labelling, in particular on the net content indication, shall bechecked and Samples be taken for determination of net content, when any
suspicion arises as to the correctness of quantity indicated on the label,packaging or documentation of imported goods;(2) The verification of net content shall, be carried out by inspectors of the Bureau,or agents of any Notified Body, duly appointed and authorised by the Minister,and may be combined with Quality Assurance inspections, to establish
compliance with other regulations pertaining to safety and quality of imported
products;(3) When samples taken in accordance with sub – regulations (1) and (2) of thisregulation, may be measured at the same place where samples were taken, if
suitable measuring equipment is available. Otherwise samples shall, be sent toany legal metrology office for verification checks, or to the laboratory of relevant
Notified Body;(4) the Bureau may, recognise any certificate from any competent organisation,
stating compliance with metrological requirements of any product or batch of
products presented for importation, provided that the organisation issuing thecertificate shall be Notified Body in its country of operation or duly accredited
for inspection or measuring services pertaining to the certificate;14(5) Any measuring equipment used for inspection, testing, verification or checkingof imported products, by or on behalf of the Bureau shall, be placed under legal
metrological control of the Bureau;(6) The Bureau may, for any imported products, implement registration system,
whereby details of importer and imported products shall, be recorded andimport permit issued, before products are allowed to enter the country andregistration and licensing shall, where applicable cover in one system,
requirements of Legal Metrology and the Quality Assurance; and(7) Fees to be charged for net content inspection of products shall, be combinedwith fees for Quality Assurance inspections of the same products.
14. Inspection of Packing Installations(1) Products that packed and labelled within South Sudan shall, be inspected at theplace of labelling or in any other place in the distribution and retail system, in
conjunction with other aspects of product quality assurance, in line withrequirements for permission and placement of product on the market;(2) Any equipment used in South Sudan for pre-packing or net content labelling ofproducts shall, be placed under legal metrological control of the Bureau;(3) Any measuring equipment used for inspection, testing or checking of locally
packed products shall, be placed under legal metrological control of the Bureau;
and(4) The Bureau may, where it deems necessary, impose requirements on
manufacturing or packing companies in the country, to ensure compliance of
pre-packed products with these Regulations, including application of quality
management systems, maintenance schedules for the machinery, staff
competence and any other technical requirements.
15. Inspection of Products(1) Inspections, to check compliance of products with these Regulations may, becarried out in shops, warehouses, depots, storage facilities, markets, factories andin vehicles, rails, air crafts and ships during transport, loading or offloading;15

(2) Inspection activities shall, be conducted by metrologists or inspectors of Bureau,or by authorised staff of Notified Bodies. Requirements for Notified Bodies areprovided under – regulation (29) of these Regulations.
(3) Where products are required to be inspected for both metrological and quality
assurance aspects, the inspection activities shall, be combined into one
inspection exercise and samples shall be taken jointly for quality assurance andnet content verification as far as possible; and(4) Any measuring equipment used for verification of net content of products orquantity of commodities shall, be placed under legal metrological control of the
Bureau.
16. Measures for Non-Conforming Products(1) In the first instance of any minor violation of these Regulations, the inspector
shall, investigate the cause of non-compliance and may, if practical solution may
be identified, instruct in writing, the manufacturer, packer, importer, distributor,
trader, or retailer, to correct the problem, with time limit within which the noncompliance shall be rectified, in addition the Bureau may impose anadministrative penalty, in accordance with guidelines provided under –regulation 32 (2) of these Regulations.
(2) In case of major non-compliance of one or more products the Bureau may,
impose administrative penalty in accordance with guidelines provided under –regulation 32 (2) of these Regulations in addition to one or more of the following
measures:(a)prohibition of importation or placement on the market of noncompliant lot or consignment,(b)removal of products from shops and other places where products areoffered for sale,(c)

recall of sold products from buyers,(d)re-exportation of products,(e)

destruction of products,(f)seizure of filling or packaging equipment that caused the noncompliance,

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(g)

publication of details of non-conforming products in the press andmass media, to warn the general public about the non-conformance,
and

(h)

prosecution in Court of the offender.

(3) The logistic arrangements and costs of measures described under sub regulation(1) (a) (b) (c) (d) and (e) of this regulation, shall be borne by the manufacturer,
packer, importer, distributor, trader, or retailer responsible for the noncompliance;(4) The inspector who performed inspection of non-conforming product, referredto under – sub regulations (1) and (2) of this regulation, shall draw up reportcontaining details on the non-compliance, measures taken and any
considerations leading to the decision to take such measures. Major cases asreferred to in sub – regulation (2) of this regulation, shall be referred to Directorof Metrology Department of and Bureau for decision making on measures to betaken;(5) Recurrence within three months of the same or similar non-compliance shall, bean offence; and(6) If deliberate underfilling or other malicious intent is suspected, the violation
shall be treated as an offence.

Chapter IVStandards and Measuring Instruments for Trade

17. Definition of Trade Instruments(1) A trade instrument is any type of measuring instrument, measure, andmeasurement standard or reference material used for determining:(a) quantity of product being sold or traded in commercial transaction, oroffered for sale or advertised; or(b) certain properties of any product that have influence on determination ofprice, value, levy, taxation, fine or penalty.

1718. Legal Control of Trade Instruments(1) All trade instruments in South Sudan shall, be placed under legal control and be
approved and registered by the Bureau, before being put into use, except thebasic trade instruments mentioned in Table (A) of Schedule (3) of theseRegulations which need not be registered;(2) The manufacturer, importer, distributer, retailer, owner or user of trade
instrument shall, before placing it on the market or putting it into use be
responsible:(a) to ascertain that it has been approved and registered by the Bureau, and(b) if no registration or verification certificate has yet been issued for the
instrument, to apply to the Bureau for approval and registration of the
instrument, to gather with submission of all information, documentationand samples as, required for the approval and registration process;(3) The Bureau shall, register and grant permission for putting into use any trade
instrument that may not fall under categories mentioned in Table (A) of
Schedule (3) of these Regulations, on the condition that, it has been confirmed
to be of approved type and verified for accuracy after initial or subsequentverification; and(4) The Bureau shall, perform regular market surveillance and metrologicalverifications of basic trade instruments mentioned in Table (A) of Schedule (3)of these Regulations.
19. Instruments Prohibited in Trade
Certain types of instruments shall, be unsuitable and prohibited for use for trade
purposes, as listed in Table (B) of Schedule (3) of these Regulations, Any use ofsuch instruments for trade or their presence at or near any place where trade isconducted shall constitute an offence.
20. Type Approval of Trade Instruments(1) For each category or type of trade instruments the Bureau may, specify
administrative, technical and metrological requirements, whereby:18

(a) such requirements shall be documented in Trade Instrument
Specification TIS and shall include methods of type approval andverification, and;(b) Trade Instrument Specifications shall, be based possibly on international
standards and recommendations, such as OIML international
recommendations;(2) The Trade Instrument Specifications shall, be officially declared by the Bureau
as compulsory specifications and shall, be made available to any person onrequest;(3) Any instrument type for which OIML Type Certificate exists, or valid Bureau
type approval certificate exists, shall be automatically considered compliant;(4) In case OIML Type Certification may not exist, the instrument shall be
subjected to full type approval procedure, in accordance with applicable Trade
Instrument Specification, whereby:(a) full type approval procedure shall consist of investigation into various
aspects of the instrument type, to determine its compliance withrequirements, including study of technical documentation and physicalinspection, examination and testing of sample instruments. Where the
Bureau may not have technical capabilities to conduct such type
testing, it may require the applicant to arrange for type testing by any
laboratory recognised by the Bureau as competent for such testing,(b) all costs of type testing and approval process shall, be borne by theapplicant, and;(c) the Bureau may, recognise or use existing type testing reports orcertificates from other competent organisations as basis for granting
type approval, The applicant may submit such reports and certificatesfor consideration by the Bureau;(5) For any instrument that successfully passes the type approval process, typeapproval certificate (TAC) shall be issued to the applicant;(6) The Bureau shall, maintain updated list of approved instrument types and makelist freely available to the public;19

(7) For any instrument that fails to comply with requirements, the Notice of
Rejection (NoR) shall be issued and henceforth the instrument shall be
prohibited for use in trade; and(8) The Bureau shall, maintain updated list of rejected instrument types and makethe list freely available to the public.
21. Initial and Subsequent Verification and Inspection(1) Verification of trade instrument shall, be the examination to confirm that the
instrument conforms to approved type and meets metrological requirements forthe given type of instrument. Such requirements, both metrological andtechnical, including verification methods shall be described in detail in the Trade
Instrument Specifications TIS applicable to the instrument under consideration,and be aimed at ensuring reliable operation of the instrument under all normal
circumstances of use;(2) Initial verification shall, be performed on instrument before its first use in trade.
It may involve more extensive examination than subsequent verifications;(3) Subsequent verifications shall not, be fundamentally different from initial
verifications but may be less elaborate. And such subsequent verification shall benormally performed on regular basis. The period of validity of the verification
certificate shall be the same as the verification interval;(4) The period for subsequent verification shall, be usually one year for most types,
but may differ for certain instrument types and may also vary for individual
instruments, depending on stability of verification results over time;(5) When any instrument has been verified with successful result, Certificate of
Verification shall, be issued, except for basic trade instruments listed in Table(A) of Schedule 3 of these Regulations, The instrument shall be sealed andverification sticker or stamp shall be attached to the instrument, and the periodof validity shall, be indicated on the certificate and on sticker;(6) Inspections on trade instruments shall, be unannounced random on-site checks,
to establish if the instrument is in good working order and has not been
tampered with. The tests may be less elaborate than those for verifications andmetrological compliance criteria are usually less stringent;20

(7) If any result of verification or inspections of any instrument, or any errors in its
indications are found to have exceeded specified limits, the instrument may beserviced or adjusted by competent service technician, after which the instrument
shall be re-verified, until it is within specified limits. If successful, verification
certificate shall be issued, otherwise the instrument shall be rejected;(8) When the result of verification or inspection of the instrument found noncompliant with any legal requirements, it shall be rejected and Notice of
Rejection shall be issued, verification sticker or stamp shall be obliterated andthe instrument may be seized or disabled for use by the metrology Inspector.
22. Procedure for Registration and Approval of Trade Instruments(1) The applicant shall, submit application for instrument registration to the Bureau
with all required documentation, as may be available and pay application fee;(2) Upon payment of application fee, the Bureau shall, check if the instrument orbatch of instruments needs type approval and, whether it is of type alreadyapproved. In the case that:(a) any type approval certificate had already been issued previously to any
other applicant for the submitted type, the Bureau shall issues copy of
the type approval certificate TAC to the applicant permitting him or her
to place instruments of approved type on the market in South Sudan,(b) type approval is required and no type approval certificate has yet been
issued, the procedure for type approval shall, be followed as described inregulation 20 (2) of these Regulations and, if successful, the applicant shallreceive type approval certificate (TAC), permitting him or her to place
instruments of approved type on the market in South Sudan, or(c) type approval is not required, no TAC is issued and the instrument typemay be placed on the market in South Sudan;(3) Before being put into use, each instrument or batch of instruments shall,
undergo initial verification, to be conducted before or after the sale to the end
user.
(4) The trader or seller of instruments for registration shall, be responsible forsubmitting request to the Bureau for initial verification of each individual
instrument or batch of instruments, as soon as this information is available and21the applicant shall also supply the buyer name, address, contact details andlocation where the instrument is to be used;(5) In case trade instrument is imported for the importer own use, the owner shallbe responsible for the application for registration and initial verification,
including costs of type approval where applicable;(6) If the instrument passes initial verification, it shall be registered by the Bureau in
the list of approved instruments and Certificate of Verification CoV shall be
issued;(7) If the instrument may not pass the initial verification, it shall registered by the
Bureau in the rejected instruments lists and Notice of Rejection NoR issued.
Henceforth the instrument shall be prohibited for use in trade, whereby the:(a) trader may, be given opportunity to have improvements made to the
instrument, after which it may be re-submitted for approval;(b) instrument may, be allowed for use outside trade, under conditions to be
specified by the Bureau; or(c) Bureau may, order the instrument to be re-exported or rendered inoperatable, to prevent its use in trade in South Sudan;(8) The Bureau may, prescribe verification marks, stamps, seals or stickers thatshall, be attached to the instrument after successful verification;(9) For instruments that have keys or passwords to protect calibration parametersand software, the Bureau may use such keys or passwords to maintain exclusive
access to such parameters. Such keys and passwords shall be stored securely by
the Bureau; and(10) Any unauthorised removal of, or tampering with, such marks, stamps, seals,
stickers, keys or passwords shall, be an offence and shall render the instrument
illegal for trade use immediately.
23. Validity of Certificates of Verification(1) The Certificate of Verification CoV shall, constitute permission for identified
instruments to be put into use in measurements for trade. Its validity period shallbe stated in the certificate. After expiry of the validity period, the instrument22

concerned may no longer be used for trade, until new verification certificate is
obtained;(2) The validity of permit or verification certificate for any trade instrument shallcease immediately when:(a)the instrument has been overloaded, damaged, tampered with, orotherwise rendered noncompliant with conditions for approval,(b)

the instrument has been repaired or serviced, where such operation
may affect the compliance of instrument with conditions for approval,(c)any of the verification stamps, seals or stickers are broken, removed,
damaged, or otherwise rendered invalid, or when any changes havebeen made to the protected software or parameters,(d)the instrument is found to be non-compliant with applicablerequirements during inspection, or when any inspector is denied accessto the instrument as required by the Act,(e)

the instrument is moved to any different location, and such removal
may affect compliance of instrument with conditions for approval or if
the Bureau is not duly notified of such removal, or(f)

conditions of use of instrument changed, where such change may affectthe compliance of instrument with conditions for approval or if the
Bureau is not duly notified of such changes in conditions of use;

(3) When the validity of any permit or verification certificate has ceased upon its
expiry or due to any of the cases described under sub – regulation (1) of thisregulation, the trade instrument concerned shall, be taken out of use
immediately and may not be put into use again until, after the issue of new
permit or verification certificate upon successful subsequent or initial
verification;(4) Any instrument shall be considered to have been taken out of use for trade
purposes when large and clear notice has been attached to the instrument,
reading: “DEFECTIVE, DO NOT USE”, and:(a)

In case the instrument may not be moved, its use has been madeimpossible through locking sealing or removing of components orparts of the instrument, or(b)

In case the instrument may be moved, it has been moved away fromany place where trade is normally conducted; and23

(5) When the registration details of any trade instrument are changed without
affecting conditions of its approval, such as may occur in the case of change ofownership, place of use or conditions of use, the new owner or user shallimmediately notify the Bureau of these changes. The Bureau shall, determine
whether the instrument shall be re-verified or the existing permit or verification
certificate shall, retain its validity, depending on the circumstances.
24. Subsequent Verification of Trade Instruments(1) The owner or user of any trade instrument shall, arrange for its subsequentverification, preferably on or before expiry of verification certificate, in order toavoid having the instrument taken out of use;
(2) Subsequent verification of any trade instrument or batch of instruments shall,
include, where applicable, conformity assessment to establish continued
compliance of instruments with administrative, technical and metrologicalrequirements for the given type of instruments; and(3) If the instrument is found to be compliant with all requirements except, for its
reading errors, it shall:(a)be taken out of use until it has been adjusted correctly within
permissible errors, re-sealed and approved and new verification
certificate or instrument permit has been issued, or(b)be rejected, if it may not be adjusted correctly within the permissible
errors.

25. Inspection
The Bureau shall, conduct inspections on trade instruments in use, to discover andremove from the market any illegal trade instruments, instruments lacking valid
Certificates of Verification or otherwise non-compliant with these Regulations, andto encourage compliance with the Act and these Regulations by all who are involvedin trade measurements.
26. Prohibited, Unregistered and Rejected Instruments(1) The use or possession of any unregistered trade instrument in South Sudan
shall, be prohibited, whether used for trade or not, with the following exceptions:
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(a)

basic trade instruments, not subject to type approval and registration,(b)sample instruments being submitted for type testing or type approval,(c)instruments in the process of registration with the Bureau, before they
are being put into use, and;(d)trade instruments rejected for type approval or verification certificate,but which the Bureau has allowed to be used for non-trade purposes,
under specified conditions and restrictions; and(2) Further prohibitions and restrictions on certain trade and non-trade instrument
types and categories as provided in table (B) of Schedule (3) of theseRegulations, including:(a)date on which the prohibition comes into effect,(b)

indication of the complete prohibition to use or have in possession
instrument of `the described type or category in South Sudan,(c)conditions under which the instrument type or category may bepermitted for use outside the realm of trade measurements, including
any rules on labelling and other conditions for use of such instruments,
and

(d)

whether grace period is given for users of such instruments to becomecompliant with prohibition and duration of grace period.

Chapter V
Instruments Under Legal Control, Service Licences and Notified Bodies

27. Instruments Used in Law Enforcement and Medical Services(1) Measuring and testing instruments used in law enforcement and medical services
shall, be placed under legal control when their incorrect performance may haveserious impact on human or animal health, safety, environment or legal or
justices;(2) Any system of type approval and verification shall, be used, similar to that for
trade instruments, or requirements may be set for appropriate maintenance andtraceable calibration, with technical requirements taken from or aligned with25

recommendations of the OML or otherwise internationally or regionallyharmonised;(3) The Bureau shall, maintain and make publicly available list of categories of
instruments to be legally controlled, with references to documents that describe
specific requirements.
28. Instrument Service Licenses(1) Subject to conditions provided under sub – regulations (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7),(8) and (9) of this regulation, the Bureau may issue Instrument Service Licenses(ISL) to certain organisations or persons for performing maintenance, repair andservicing tasks on instruments under legal control, such as:(a) manufacturers and traders of metrology equipment,(b)service technicians for metrology equipment, and(c)contracted parties dealing in metrology equipment and related matters,(2) Organisations or persons shall not, be licensed under sub – regulation (1) of thisregulation, unless the Bureau is satisfied with their competence to perform thetasks concerned. In this respect the Bureau shall:(a)prior to issuing the license, examine organisational and financial
aspects, any quality management systems being implemented, any third
party accreditations or certifications, technical procedures and work
instructions being used for the work and levels of technicalqualifications and competence of the personnel,(b)

on regular basis, conduct examinations for technicians to test theirknowledge levels, and(c)from time to time, witness technicians in the execution of their work;(3) Any instrument service license ISL shall be issued for maximum period of one
year and shall, state details of:(a)where applicable, identity of the organisation being licensed,(b)identity of the service technicians being licensed,(c)scope of the license in terms of types of equipment and types ofoperations covered by the license including verifications, and(d)any further restrictions, limitations or instructions that the Bureau may
impose;26

(4) The Bureau may, suspend any instrument service license at any time by written
notice to the licensee, when there is reason to suspect that, conditions for issuing
the license are no longer met. The Bureau shall then promptly investigate thesituation and decide whether to cancel the suspension or revoke the license;(5) Any instrument service license shall be renewed only when requirements fororganisations or persons continue to be met;
(6) All measurement standards and measuring equipment used by licensed service
technicians, for servicing and adjustment of measuring instruments concerned
shall, be placed under legal control of the Bureau;(7) Where necessary, service technicians may, be permitted to break verification
seals and marks, whereby, the Bureau shall provide them with seals and tools forre-sealing or marking the instruments. Such seals and marks shall have features
for the unique identification of the technician who attached the seal or placed
the mark. Where necessary, the Bureau shall make available keys and passwords
needed to access calibration parameters of the instruments;(8) The Bureau may, require that, where the servicing of any instrument requires
the breaking of any seal, the service technician shall, be accompanied by legal
metrologist or inspector of the Bureau, in order to verify and seal the instrument
after servicing; and(9) The licensed organisation or person shall, timely inform the Bureau on:(a)maintenance schedules for instruments under their care,(b)details of service and repair works carried out on any instrument,(c)results of check measurements on instruments,(d)details of any trade instruments taken out of use, moved to otherlocations and of any newly installed trade instruments, and(e)any other information the Bureau may require.

29. Appointment of Notified Bodies(1) Subject to conditions provided under sub – regulations (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7),(8) and (9) of this regulation, the Minister may, at recommendation of the
Bureau, appoint organisations to perform type approvals, verifications,27

inspections and market surveillance tasks, on measuring instruments and prepacked products. Such organisations shall be known as Notified Bodies;(2) Organisations shall not, be appointed as Notified Bodies unless the Bureau issatisfied with their competence to perform tasks concerned. In this respect the
Bureau shall:(a)prior to appointment, examine organisational and financial aspects, any
quality management systems being implemented, any third party
accreditations or certifications, technical procedures and work
instructions being used for the work and levels of technicalqualifications and competence of the personnel,(b)

on regular basis, investigate the continued compliance with applicablerequirements, and(c)from time to time witness the personnel of Notified Body in executionof their work;(3) The appointment of any Notified Body shall, be laid down in official document,
signed by the Minister, specifying:(a)scope of notification in terms of type of operations, geographical area
covered and types of instruments for which the organisation is notified,(b)time period of appointment, which shall not exceed five years, and any
arrangements for renewal on expiry of this period;(c)

any financial arrangements in terms of fees collected or payments forservices, and(d)any further restrictions, limitations or instructions that, the Bureau may
impose;(4) The Notified Body shall, collaborate and consult with the Bureau on planningand execution of designated tasks and shall submit regular reports to the Bureau
on its operations, including outcome of type approvals, verifications, inspections
and market surveillance activities, as the case may be, and details for reporting
requirements shall be specified in the appointment document;(5) All measurement standards and measuring equipment used by Notified Body
for the execution of their tasks shall, where applicable, be placed under legal
control of the Bureau, or otherwise traceability to national or international
measurement standards shall be established and documented;
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(6) Where necessary, the personnel of the Notified Body may, be permitted tobreak verification seals and marks, whereby the Bureau shall provide them withseals and tools for re-sealing or marking the instruments. Such seals and marks
shall have features for unique identification of the person who attached the sealor placed the mark. Where necessary, the Bureau shall make available keys andpasswords needed to access the calibration parameters of instruments;(7) The Bureau may, require that, where operations by any employee of Notified
Body require the breaking of any seal, that person shall be accompanied bylegal metrologist or inspector of the Bureau, in order to verify and seal the
instrument after servicing;(8) The Bureau may, suspend or limit the appointment at any time by written noticeto the Notified Body concerned with copy to the Minister, when there is reason
to suspect that, conditions for the appointment are no longer met. The Bureau
shall then promptly investigate the situation and make recommendation to the
Minister to either cancel the suspension or revoke appointment;(9) Any appointment shall, be renewed only when associated requirements continue
to be met;(10) The list of Notified Bodies with scope of their designated tasks shall, bemaintained and made publicly available by the Bureau;(11) The Minister may, delegate his or her powers to appoint Notified Bodies tothe Executive Director; and(12) The Executive Director shall, within three weeks, notify the Minister inwriting of any appointments made under the delegated power, as provided forunder provisions of this regulation.

Chapter VI
Miscellaneous Provisions

30. Appointment and Powers of Metrology Inspectors(1) Metrology Inspectors shall, be appointed, authorised and licenced for their tasks
as Inspectors, as provided for in section 49 of the Act;29

(2) The Minister may, delegate his or her powers to appoint and licence Metrology
Inspectors to the Executive Director; and(3) The Executive Director shall, within three weeks, notify the Minister in writingof any appointments made under the delegated power, as provided under sub –regulation (1) of this regulation.
31. Tasks of Metrology Inspectors(1) Metrology Inspectors shall, perform legal metrology tasks, including but notlimited to:(a) type testing and approvals of trade instruments,(b) initial and subsequent verifications of trade instruments,(c) inspections on trade instruments,(d) inspections or metrological tests on pre-packed products,(e) inspections or metrological tests on any products or commodities, and(f) inspections or metrological tests on any measuring equipment used for
medical services or law enforcement.
32. Offences and Penalties(1) Subject to provisions of the Act, any person who contravenes provisions of the
Act or these Regulations, knowingly or negligently unaware of these legal
requirements, by:(a)placing on the market any pre-packed product not compliant withapplicable requirements,(b)providing false or misleading information about the net quantity of any
product to customers, government authorities or general public,(c)

removing part of the product from pre-packages, or underfilling, or(d)placing on the market any trade instrument that requires type approval
and that has not been type approved,(e)attempting to sell for use in trade any instrument of any type that has
not been approved for such use,(f)using, or keeping in any location, where trade is usually conducted, any
trade instrument without any valid verification certificate where suchcertificate is required,
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(g)

using, or keeping in any location, where trade is usually conducted, any
instrument not approved for trade, without prescribed precautions forpreventing it to be mistaken for trade instrument,(h)making unauthorised changes to any trade instrument or tamperingwith seals, stickers or stamps,(i)servicing or repairing trade instruments, without any valid license forsuch activities, or(j)performing verifications, inspections or market surveillance activities in
the context of legal metrology, without being licensed or authorised forsuch tasks, shall be guilty of an offence;(2) Any trade instrument being found non-compliant with technical or metrologicalrequirements during verification or inspection may not in itself constitutecontravention against the Act or its Regulations;(3) The imposition of penalties for offences shall, follow appropriate legal
procedures in accordance with applicable laws of South Sudan;(4) standard administrative fines may, be applied for minor offences, as listed inTable (A) of Schedule (4), of these Regulations whereby:(a)only licensed Metrology Inspectors and the Executive Director of the
Bureau shall be authorised to apply standard administrative fines foroffences against the Act or these Regulations,(b)standard administrative fines shall, be applied with consent by theoffender as, evidenced by signing of Admission of Guilt,(c)paid fines shall, be collected and deposited to the Bureau andreceipted in accordance with due financial and accounting procedures,
and

(d)

in case the offender declines to sign the Admission of Guilt, the mattershall be brought before the competent court of law;(5) In all other cases the mater shall, be brought before the competent court of law;(6) In case of simultaneous contraventions against these and other Regulations,
single combined administrative penalty may be imposed or combined charges
may be brought before the competent court of law, as the case may be;31(7) The recurrence within three months of any offence by the same party, identicalor similar to any previous offence, shall attract double fine for the offence. A
third offence within three months after the second offence shall be treated asserious offence and be brought before the competent court of law;(8) In any cases of offences in contravention of the Act or these Regulations beingbrought before the competent court of law, the legal advisor of the Bureau,
licensed Metrology Inspector, the Executive Director or any other representativeof the Bureau, appointed by the Executive Director, as the case may be, may act
as the prosecutor or witness in the court proceedings for this case;(9) Any offender in the sense of these Regulations may, be ordered by the Bureau
to remove concerned products or measuring instruments from the market, recall
products from consumers, shops, traders and distributors, rectify noncompliances to products or instruments placed on the market or already sold,re-export imported non-compliant products or instruments, take non-compliant
instruments out of use, or have non-compliant products or instruments
destroyed;(10) Costs of any of the measures mentioned under sub regulation (9) of thisregulation shall be borne by the offender;(11) The Minister or the Executive Director, as the case may be, may, publish in
the national or local media or on Internet, any information concerning noncompliant products or instruments, where in interest of consumer safety, publichealth, environmental protection or fairness in trade, including the brand nameand further details of products or instruments concerned, the name and otherdetails of manufacturer, importer, distributor, trader, retailer or marketer
involved in placing the product or instrument on the market;(12) Fraud in the context of this regulation constitutes an offence and includes
deliberate provision of false or misleading information, giving or receiving ofbribes, coercion and other forms of obstruction of justice, which shall lead toprosecution of the perpetrator in the competent court of law;(13) Anyone who has been subjected to any of the measures or penalties for any
offence under these Regulations may, appeal against in writing to the Executive
Director of the Bureau, who shall respond within four (4) weeks with motivated32

decision on whether to uphold, amend, suspend or cancel the imposed
measures or penalties; and(14) Any person who, after response by Executive Director of the Bureau to his
or her appeal, is not satisfied with imposed measures or penalties, may, refer thematter to competent court of law of South Sudan
33. Amendment of Schedules(1) The Bureau of Standards Council or Executive Director shall have authority tomake amendments to Schedules of these Regulations;(2) The Bureau shall, at all times maintain updated version of these Schedules andmake publicly available.

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SCHEDULE 1
Legal Units for South Sudan
The legal units of South Sudan shall, be the Units of the “International System of Units”(SI), adopted by General Conference of Weights and Measures and recommended by the
OIML for quantities covered by this System and the units given in the Tables (A, B and C)
below.
Table (A) - Non-SI Units Accepted For Use with International System of Units(Reproduced from official SI Brochure of BIPM)
Quantitytimeplane angle
area
volumemass

Name of Unit
minutehour
daydegreeminutesecondhectarelitre
tonSymbol for Unit
min
h
d
°
’
’’
Ha
L
t

Value in SI Units
1 min = 60 s
1 h = 60 min = 3600 s
1 d = 24 h = 86 400 s
1° = (π/180) rad
1’ = (1/60) o = (π/ 10 800) rad
1” = (1/60)′ = (π/ 648 000) rad
1 ha = 1 hm2 = 104 m2
1 L = 1 dm3 = 103 cm3 = 10−3 m3
1 t = 103 kg

Table (B) – Customary Units Accepted for Use in South Sudan only in Specific Fields ofApplication(Reproduced from official SI Brochure of BIPM)
Symbol for
Unit
Units accepted for use with SI

Quantity

Name of Unit

energyelectronvolt

eVdaltonDa

masslengthunified atomic
mass unit
astronomical

Value in SI Units

1 eV = 1.602 176 53 (14) × 10−19
J
1 Da = 1.660 538 86 (28) × 10−27kgu

1 u = 1 Daua

1 ua = 1.495 978 706 91 (6) ×34

Quantity

Name of Unit

Symbol for
Unit

Value in SI Units
1011 munit
Natural Units (n.u.)
Speed (speed oflight in vacuum)
action(reduced Planck
constant)mass(electron mass)
time

c0

n.u. of speed

299 792 458 m/s (exact)
1.054 571 68 (18) × 10−34 J sn.u. of action

ħn.u. of massme

9.109 3826 (16) × 10−31 kg

n.u. of timeħ/(mec02)

1.288 088 6677 (86) × 10−21 sAtomic Units (a.u.)charge(elementarycharge)mass(electron mass)action(reduced Planck
constant)
length, bohr
(Bohr radius)
energy, hartree(Hartree energy)
time

a.u. of chargee1.602 176 53 (14) × 10−19 C

a.u. of massme

9.109 3826 (16) × 10−31 kg

a.u. of actionħ

1.054 571 68 (18) × 10−34 J sa.u. of lengtha00.529 177 2108 (18) × 10−10 ma.u. of energy,Eh4.359 744 17 (75) × 10−18 J

a.u. of time

ħ/Eh2.418 884 326 505 (16) × 10−17 s

Table (C) - SI Prefixes(Reproduced from official SI Brochure of BIPM)
Factor
101
102
103
106
109
1012

Name
deca
hecto
kilo
mega
giga
tera

Symbol
da
h
k
M
G
T

Factor
10−1
10−2
10−3
10−6
10−9
10−12
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Name
deci
centi
milli
micro
nano
pico

Symbol
d
c
m
µ
n
p

1015
1018
1021
1024

peta
exa
zetta
yotta

10−15
10−18
10−21
10−24

P
E
Z
Y

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femto
atto
zepto
yocto

f
a
z
y

SCHEDULE 2
Products and Pre-Packages
Table (A) – List of Products with Prescribed Manner of Description of Quantity
Products to be Sold by Weight
1.1
Aerosol products
All human solid foods except those mentioned elsewhere in this schedule, or
1.2
exempted by the SSNBS
1.3
Animal and pet food
1.4
CementCleaning and scouring powder, soap flakes and soap powders; detergents (other
1.5
than liquid detergent)
1.6
Dentifrices
1.7
Liquid petroleum gas
1.8
Lubricant grease
1.9
Nails
1.10
Sand and ballast
1.11
Sisal
1.12
Solid fertilizers, agricultural liming material and agricultural salt
1.13
Solid fuel except charcoal
1.14
Solid insecticide and solid fungicides
1.15
Solid polishes
1.16
Tobacco including snuff
1.17
Flour of wheat, maize, oats, rice, beans, soya beans, rye, self-rising flour
Products to be Sold by Weight or Number
2.1
Cassava root
2.2
Cigars2.3
Cigarettes
2.4
Eggs in shell
2.5
Fresh fruits
2.6
Maize on the cob
2.7
Stationery and envelopes
2.8
Sweetening tablets and soft drink tablets
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Products to be Sold by Volume Capacity
3.1
Water (including drinking water, tap water)
3.2
Castor oil
3.3
Cream
3.4
Edible oil
3.5
Intoxicating liquor
3.6
Liquid fuel3.7
Liquid fungicides and liquid insecticides
3.8
Liquid polishes
3.9
Liquid soap and liquid detergents
3.10
Milk
3.11
Perfumes and toilet waters
3.12
Soft drinks and mineral waters
3.13
Squashes and fruit juices
3.14
Thinners
3.15
Vinegar
3.16
Ice-cream
Products to be Sold by Weight or Volume Capacity
4.1
Charcoal
4.2
Distemper
4.3
Lubricating oil
4.4
Maize grain
4.5
Wheat and other cereals grains
4.6
Paint, varnish, lacquer and paint remover
4.7
Stainers
4.8
Toilet preparations
Products to be Sold by Weight or Length
5.1
Bias binding
5.2
Elastic
5.3
Fencing wire
5.4
Knitting and sewing thread
5.5
Ribbon
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5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9

Rope
Sisal twine
String
Tape

Products to be Sold by Surface Area or Length x Width
6.1
Sheet materials (where appropriate thickness or kg/m2 should be specified)
6.2
Paper (but by number of sheets when standard sheet size and kg/m2 is indicated)
6.3
Leather and animal hides
6.4
Fabrics
Products to be Sold by Energy
7.1
Electricity, (not applicable to batteries)
Products to be Sold by Number
Any product where the weight, volume, length or surface area is not essential to
8.1
the value:
8.2
Manufactured articles
8.3
Household appliances
8.4
Tools
8.5
Toys
8.6
Books, newspapers and magazines
8.7
Electronic Equipment
8.8
Machinery
8.9
Batteries
Products to be Sold by Time or Distance
9.1
Taxi services (distance or combination of time and distance)
9.2
Labour (time)39

Table (B) – Standard Quantities for Pre-Packed Products
(1)

(2)

Item
No.

Description of
Products(3)
Quantity When Packed in
Rigid Containers of Glass,
Plastic or Metal

1.

Sugar

2.

Coffee, tea (otherthan tea in chests),
chicory mixture

3.

Maize flour_

4.

Maize grain_

5.

Maize bran

_

6.

Rice

_

7.

Rice bran_

8.

Rice paddy_

9.

Wheat flour andwheat grain_

10.

Wheat bran_

11.

Wheat pollard

_

12.

13.

14.

Beans, Dengu,
Gram and Peas
Soft drinks, fruit
juices with orwithout added
sweeteners
Drinking water_
50 g, 100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1
kg thereafter by steps of 1
kg

(4)
Quantity When Packed inContainers other Than Those
Specified in Column (3)100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg to 10
kg, 50 kg, 100 kg
50 g, 100 g, 250 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg
1 kg, thereafter by 1 kg to 10
kg, 20 kg, 50 kg, 90 kg
1 kg, thereafter by 1 kg to 10
kg, 20 kg, 50 kg, 90 kg
50 kg, thereafter by steps of 5kg
250 g, 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg, 4
kg, 5 kg, 10 kg, 20 kg, 50 kg,
100 kg
50 kg, thereafter by steps of 5kg
75 kg
250 g, 500 g, 1 kg, thereafter bysteps of 1 kg to 10 kg, 20 kg, 50kg, 90 kg
45 kg
50 kg, thereafter by steps of 5kg
250 g, 500 g, 1 kg, thereafter bysteps of 1 kg to 10 kg, 90 kg_
100 mL, thereafter by stepsof 10 mL to 1 L, thereafter
by steps of 0.5 L to 10 L

100 mL, thereafter by steps of
10 mL to 1 L, thereafter bysteps of 0.5 L to 10 L

500 mL, 600 mL, 1 L, 1.5
L, 2 L, 5 L, 10 L, 15 L and
20 L

500 mL, 600 mL, 1 L

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(1)

(2)

Item
No.

Description of
Products(3)
Quantity When Packed in
Rigid Containers of Glass,
Plastic or Metal

15.

Salt

100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 2 kg

16.

Bacon and
Sausages

100 g, 200 g, 300 g, 400 g,
500 g, 1 kg, thereafter bysteps of 1 kg

17.

Barley19.

Beer

300 mL, 500 mL
50 g, 100 g, 150 g, 200 g,
300 g, 400 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 500 g
100 g, 200 g, 300 g, 400 g,
500 g, 1 kg, thereafter bysteps of 1 kg

(4)
Quantity When Packed inContainers other Than Those
Specified in Column (3)100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg,
25 kg, 50 kg, 100 kg
100 g, 200 g, 300 g, 400 g, 500
g, 1 kg, thereafter by steps of 1kg
100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg to 50
kg, 80 kg
50 g, 100 g, 150 g, 200 g, 300 g,
400 g, 500 g, 1 kg, thereafter bysteps of 500 g

20.

Biscuits

21.

Butter22.

Cashew nuts (inshell)

80 kg

23.

Cassava flour

500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg, 5
kg, 60 kg

24.

Castor oil

25.
26.
27.

Castor seed
Bread and burns
Cement

100 mL, then by steps of
100 mL to 1 L, thereafter
by steps of 1 L

250 g, 500 g, 1 kg

100 mL, then by steps of 100
mL to 1 L
65 kg
60 g, 100 g, 120 g, 400 g, 800 g
50 kg

28.

Cocoa powder

50 g, 100 g, 200 g, 300 g,
400 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg

29.

Cooking fat
including dripping,lard and shredded
suet

100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg

100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg

30.

Custard powder

50 g, 100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1
kg, thereafter by steps of 1kg

50 g, 100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg

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50 g, 100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg

(1)

(2)

Item
No.

Description of
Products

31.

CharcoalCream (notexceeding 1 litre)

32.

33.

Edible oil

34.

Flour of oats, rice,beans, soya beans,rye, self-rising flour

35.

Ghee

36.

Jam, Marmalade,
Honey, Jelly

37.

Liquid fuel38.

Liquid fungicides
and insecticides

39.

Liquid polish40.

Liquid soap, liquid
detergent (notexceeding 5 litres)(3)
Quantity When Packed in
Rigid Containers of Glass,
Plastic or Metal
100 mL, 200 mL, 300 mL,
400 mL, 500 mL, 1 L
100 mL, then by steps of
100 mL to 1 L, thereafterin steps of 1 L to 5 L, 2 kg,
4 kg, 8 kg, 18 kg
100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg
500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg,
8 kg, 18 kg
100 g, 200 g, 300 g, 400 g,
500 g, 1 kg, thereafter bysteps of 1 kg
250 mL, 500 mL, 1 L, 5 L,then by steps of 5 L to 100
L, thereafter by steps of 10L
250 mL, 500 mL, 1 L,
thereafter by steps of 1 L
100 mL, then by steps of
100 mL to 500 mL, 1 L,
thereafter by steps of 1 L
100 mL, then by steps of
100 mL to 500 mL, 1 L,
thereafter by steps of 1 L

42(4)
Quantity When Packed inContainers other Than Those
Specified in Column (3)30 kg
100 mL, 200 mL, 300 mL, 400
mL, 500 mL, 1 L
100mL, then by steps of
100mL to 1 L, thereafter insteps of 1 L to 5 L
100 g, 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg,
thereafter by steps of 1 kg
500 g, 1 kg

250 mL, 500 mL, 1 L,
thereafter by steps of 1 L

100 mL, then by steps of 100
mL to 500mL, 1 L, thereafter
by steps of 1 L

Table (C) – Tolerable Deficiencies in Actual Content for Pre-Packages(Reproduced from International Recommendation R87 of OIML)
Nominal Quantity ofTolerable Deficiency (T)a
Product
Percent of Qn
g or mL(Qn) in g or mL
0 to 509
50 to 100
4.5
100 to 200
4.5
200 to 300
9300 to 500
3500 to 1 000
15
1 000 to 10 000
1.5
10 000 to 15 000
150
15 000 to 50 000
1a
T values are to be rounded up to the next 1/10 of a g or mL for Qn ² 1 000 g or mL and to
the next Whole g or mL for Qn> 1 000 g or mL.
Nominal Quantity of Product(Qn) in length

Percent of Qn

Qn 5 mQn> 5 m0 (no tolerable deficiency allowed)
2

Nominal Quantity of Product(Qn) in area
All QnPercent of Qn
3

Nominal Quantity of Product(Qn) in count

Percent of Qn

0 (no tolerable deficiency allowed)
Qn 50 items
Qn> 50 items
1bbCompute the value of T by multiplying the nominal quantity by 1 % and rounding theresult up to the next whole number. The value may be larger than 1 % due to the rounding
but this is accepted because the products are whole items and cannot be divided.

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Table (D) – Sample Sizes, Rules and Rejection Criteria for Pre-Packages(Adapted from International Recommendation R87 of the OIML)
Inspection
Lot Size

SampleSize(n)Sample Correction
Factor(t1–)/n

100 to 500
501 to 3200
> 3200

50
80
125

0.379
0.295
0.234

Number of Pre-Packages Found in
The Sample With A T1 Error (SeeNotes Below) Leading to Rejectionof The Lot
>3
>5
>7

Where:

T1 error = An inadequate pre-package found to contain an actual quantity less than thenominal quantity minus the tolerable deficiency allowed for the nominal quantity, i.e.
Actual contents < (Qn - T).

T2 error = An inadequate pre-package found to contain an actual quantity less than thenominal quantity minus twice the tolerable deficiency for any nominal quantity allowed,
i.e. Actual contents < (Qn – 2T).
A single T2 error in the sample leads to rejection of the lot. Test methods andprocedures for special cases shall, be conducted as described in OIML R 087.

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SCHEDULE 3
Trade Instruments
Table (A) – Allowed Basic Trade Instruments, Not Subject to Type Approval
Instrument
CategoryNo

Weights

1.1

Weighing
Instruments

2.1

2.2

2.3

Permitted Instruments, not Subject to TypeApproval, With General Criteria for
Acceptance
Weights for use in trade.
Must be of OIML Class M3 or M2, except
in certain specialised fields, where M1 or F
classes may be required.
Equal oscillating arm, beam scale or beambalance.
Must be either suspended type withoutarrestment device or otherwise supportedwith or without arrestment device.
Counter machine for equal load on eachload receptor.
Must be Roberval or Beranger type. May nothave a sliding or tare weight. Must have astable position of equilibrium.
Steelyard or wall beam of a capacity
exceeding 50 kg but not exceeding 1000 kg.
Only to be used for weighing animals or bulk
agricultural products.
Rulers and tape measures for general use.
Includes metre sticks. Maximum length forrulers: 3 m, for tape measures: 50 m.

Measuresfor Length

2.4

Measuresfor Volume

2.5

Measures of volume of liquids, graduated or
not graduated.
Various types and applications.

2.6

Dry capacity measures.

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Reference
Documents
TIS-0001: Criteria forweights used for trade
purposes
TIS-0002: Criteria forweighing instruments
for trade, not subject
to type approval

TIS-0003: Criteria formeasures of length,
used for trade
TIS-0004: Criteria formeasures of volume
of liquids, used for
trade
TIS-0005: Criteria fordry capacity measures,
used for tradeTable (B) – Instruments Prohibited in Trade

Description of Instruments
No
Prohibited for Trade Use
1

2

3

4

Conditions for Use Outside
the Realm of Trade

Instruments for themeasurement of parameters
other than mass, length, area
volume or capacity and that are
not intended for trade use

These instruments may be
used without restrictions for
non-trade purposes under thecondition that it is very
unlikely for the instruments tobe mistaken for a trade
instrument.
Instruments for the
These instruments may bemeasurement of mass, length,
used without restrictions away
area volume or capacity that are from places where trade
not intended for trade use
normally takes place. If there
is any risk that the instrument
may be mistaken for a trade
instrument (especially balancesand scales), they shall beclearly and indelibly labelledwith the text: “NOT LEGALFOR TRADE USE”.
Accelerating weighing
These instruments may not be
instruments, other than anused or kept in South Sudan.
accelerating dead weightmachines
Any trade instrument of a type These instruments may not bethat has been declared as aused or kept in South Sudan.
prohibited instrument as aresult of type testing,verification or inspection.

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Date of
Enforcement /Grace Period
01 July 2016

01 July 2016
Grace period:
1 year01 July 2016
Grace period:
1 year01 July 2016

SCHEDULE 4
Standard Administrative Fines for Minor Offences
Table (A) – Standard Administrative Fines
Reference to the
Act or Regulation

OffenceUse of non-standard weight or measure or numeration
Manufacturing non-standard weight or measure
Transaction, dealing etc in violation of prescribed unit
Quoting in non-standard units
Demanding or receiving excess or short of agreement
Non-maintenance or production of registers etc.
Non-compliance of declaration etc in packaged
commodities
Failure to maintain net content requirement inpackaged commodities
Manufacturing of weight or measure without license
Repair or selling of weight or measure without license
Manufacturing of weight or measure without license
Repair or sale of weight or measure without license
Using un-verified weight or measure
Sale of un-verified weight or measure
Transaction by no-standard weight or measure
Rendering service by non-standard weight or measure
Tampering of license
Provision of any rule made under the Act

Amount
(SSP)
2500.00
2000.00
1000.00
1000.00
1000.00
500.002500.00
15,000.00
5000.00
2500.00
5000.00
2000.00
5000.00
5000.00
2500.00
2500.00
5000.00
500.00

Reg 31 sub (1) (a)placing on the market a pre-packed product that is notcompliant with the applicable requirements

5000

Reg 31 sub (1) (b)providing false or misleading information about the
net quantity of a product to customers, government
authorities or the general public

5000.00

Reg 31 sub (1) (c)removing part of the product from pre-packages, or

5000.00

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Reference to the
Act or Regulation

Amount(SSP)

Offenceunderfilling

Reg 31 sub (1) (d)placing on the market a trade instrument that requiresa type approval and that has not been type approved

7500.00

Reg 31 sub (1) (e)using, or keeping in a location where trade is usuallyconducted, a trade instrument without a valid
verification certificate to which such certificate isapplicable5000.00

Reg 31 sub (1) (f)making unauthorised changes to a trade instrument or
tampering with seals, stickers or stamps

10000.00

Reg 31 sub (1) (g)servicing or repairing trade instruments without a valid
license for such activities

10000.00

Reg 31 sub (1) (h)performing verifications, inspections or market
surveillance activities in the context of legal metrology
without being licensed or authorised for such tasks

10000.00

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Issued under my hand in Juba this day ………………………………month of …………………………..in theyear, 2016.

Sign:
Hon. Stephen Dhieu Dau
MinisterNational Ministry of Trade and Industry
Republic of South Sudan
Juba49