Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 June 2010 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 33059, 1 April 2010 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Amendment To The Compulsory Specification For Motor Vehicles Of Category N2/3 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

1.1 This specification covers the requirements for motor vehicle models of category N2 and N3, not previously registered or licensed in South Africa, designed or adapted for operation on a public road.
1.2 The requirements of this specification shall, in so far as the parts already incorporated are concerned, apply in respect of an incomplete motor vehicle model supplied for further manufacture by one manufacturer to another and the entire specification shall apply to the vehicle after completion thereof by the last-mentioned manufacturer.
1.3 This specification does not apply to experimental or to prototype vehicles constructed or imported by the original manufacturers or importers for the purpose of testing, assessment or development, or to a type "A" military vehicle, or to special purpose vehicles of the type covered by National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996), or to agricultural tractors.
1.4 The relevant requirements of this specification shall effect on the dates specified in schedule 1. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

3.2.3 Windscreen wipers
A vehicle shall be fitted with at least one windscreen wiper that is capable of operation by means
other than manual, and the windscreen wiper blade, when in operation, shall wipe the outside of the
windscreen directly in front of the driver evenly and efficiently. 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 3.2.3 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Windscreen wipers 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries