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- Complaint number
- NTB-000-624
- NTB Type
- 8.6. Vehicle standards
- Complaint
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This complaint is registered by FESARTA.
A Zambian transport company has 6 vehicles carrying copper into Zimbabwe, detained at the Vic Falls weighbridge, because “the exhaust is pointing down to the ground “ and it must be “up in the air “ according to an official on duty.
The vehicles are manufactured by Mercedes Benz and, for these vehicles; the exhaust is designed to point to the ground.
This exhaust position is perfectly within the law in Zambia where the vehicles are registered. Zimbabwe should respect and accept the Zambian standards.
This action taken by the Zimbabwean official is unacceptable and the Focal point is requested to explain if this is a violation of Zimbabwean law. It is suggested that urgent action be taken to allow the truck to continue with its journey and also to facilitate movement of goods. - Status note
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On 19 March 2014, Zimbabwe reported that the trucks were released on the same day and the owner was advised to contact the manufacturer (Mercedes Benz) to adjust the exhaust as required by Zimbabwean Law. The requirement is in terms of the Construction, Equipment and Use Regulations promulgated under the Road Traffic Act [Chapter13:11] uploaded onto the system.
However, the Ministry of Transport indicated that they shall not enforce this requirement on foreign registered trucks as long as this is not in their domestic legislation. Zimbabwe is expected to issue a formal notification to this effect to enable enforcement of the said exemption on foreign trucks. - Progress update note
- Policy or regulatory NTB
- No
- Location
- Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls (Border post)
- Reporting Country or Region
- Zambia
- Country specific trade issue
- No
- Date of incident
- 2014-02-18
- Status
- Resolved
- Date of resolution
- 2014-03-19
- Product Description
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Copper
- Total value
- 0
- Date reported
- 2014-02-18 21:13
- Modified
- 2014-03-22 16:03
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