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.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles Yes Electrical and electronic apparatus    
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.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
All countries