Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

16 February 1997 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Notice 1321 ( Government Gazette No. 17362) Of 16 August 1996 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Compulsory Specification For Replacement Incandescent Lamps For Motor Vehicles 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

This specification covers incandescent lamps that are for sale as replacement parts for use in motor vehicles of categories M, N and O. This specification doe not cover lamps for use in motor vehicles or in off-road vehicles such as agricultural or earth-moving machines. 

Description of the measure

4. Requirements
A lamp shall comply with the requirements for lamps of normal production as given in the following clauses/subclauses of SABS 1376-1
3.1 Bulbs
3.2 Caps
3.2.1 Dimensions
3.2.2 Securing of caps
3.3 Aging
3.4 Filament shape and position
3.5 Lamp dimensions
3.6 Colour
3.7 Initial power and initial luminous flux 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 3.1- 3.7 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Incandescent lamps that are offered for sale as replacement pats for use in motor vehicles of categories M, N or O. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries