Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

06 April 2009 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Notice R. 89 (Government Gazette 31844) Of 6 February 2009) 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Compulsory Specification For Electrical And Electronic Apparatus 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

This specification covers safety and energy saving requirements for the specified types of mains –powered electrical and electronic apparatus listed below, rated at voltage not exceeding 500 V a.c or d.c and intended for use by ordinary persons in household, light industrial and general office applications. 

Description of the measure

An application for the approval of each type of apparatus shall include :
c) Evidence of conformity with all the requirements of the relevant compulsory specification including standards and tests methods; 

Reference of the measure

Annex A.1 c) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Electrical and electronic apparatus :
a) Household and similar appliances that may incorporate motors or heating elements, and including appliances intended to be used by ordinary persons in shops , light industry and on farms;
b) Electronic apparatus used for the reception, generation, recording or reproduction of audio, video and associated signals , and apparatus designed to be used exclusively in combination with such apparatus;
c) Information technology equipment , including electrical business and associated equipment;
d) Luminaries for use with electrical light sources such as incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps and other discharge lamps, excluding
1) Luminaries for road and street lighting,
2) Luminaries for stage lighting and for television, film, and photographic studios
3) Industrial bulkhead, floodlight, low-bay and high-bay luminaries, intended for use with high-intensity discharge lamps of 70W or higher;
4) Aircraft lighting;
5) Public transport lighting
e) Hand-held motor-operated or magnetically driven electrical tools;
f) Transportable electric motor-operated or magnetically driven tools
g) Electrical equipment intended for application as test and measuring equipment , control equipment, educational equipment, and laboratory equipment, including incorporated computing devises , excluding equipment designed for industrial process control 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries